UBVRI observations of the flickering of the dwarf nova RX And


Abstract in English

We report observations of the flickering variability of the dwarf nova RX And in five bands (UBVRI) on two nights. On 25 October 2019 the brightness of the star was $Bapprox 13.9$ mag, the amplitude of the flickering was 0.47 mag, and we estimate for the flickering source temperature $T_{fl} = 10700 pm 400$ K, and radius $R_{fl} =0.046 pm 0.004$ $R_odot$. On 2 January 2020, the star was about 3 magnitudes brighter ($B approx 10.7$), the amplitude of the flickering was significantly lower (0.07 mag) and we derive for the flickering source $T_{fl} = 9600 pm 700$ K, and radius $R_{fl} = 0.098 pm 0.009$ $R_odot$. The results indicate that 3 magnitudes brightening of the star doubled the radius of the flickering source. The data are available upon request from the authors.

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