The first near infrared detection of XTE J1118+480 in quiescence
arXiv:astro-ph/0505534 · doi:10.1111/j.1745-3933.2005.00063.x
Abstract
We report the first quiescent detection of KV UMa, the optical counterpart of XTE J1118+480 at near infrared. The observed magnitudes and colours are consistent with a K7-M0 V star, at the distance 1.4 +/- 0.2 kpc. The light curve shows strong orbital modulation with possible contamination from a superhump detected in the quiescent optical light curves.
To appear in MNRAS Letters; 4 pages, 3 figures