Curious Variables Experiment (CURVE) CCD photometry of QW Serpentis in superoutburst and quiescence
1
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, ul. Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warszawa, Poland
2
Warsaw University Observatory, Al. Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland e-mail: (pkedzier,kzlocz,kmularcz,mwisniew)@astrouw.edu.pl
Corresponding author: A. Olech, olech@camk.edu.pl
Received:
15
July
2003
Accepted:
8
August
2003
We report extensive photometry of the dwarf nova QW Ser throughout its
February 2003 superoutburst untill quiescence. During the superoutburst
the star displayed clear superhumps with a mean period of 
days. In the quiescence we observed a double humped wave
characterized by a period of 
days. As both periods obey
the Stolz-Schoembs relation with a period excess equal to
%, the latter period is interpreted as the orbital period
of the binary system
Key words: stars: individual: QW Ser / stars: binaries: close / stars: novae, cataclysmic variables
© ESO, 2003