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science sharp eclipses features of the white dwarf and gas stream/bright spot lead to a complete solution of the system geometry and physical parameters. The transitions in this S-CAM eclipse light-curve of the cataclysmic variable IY UMa take ~30 seconds (Steeghs et al, 2002, MNRAS, submitted).







science eclipse maps of the cataclysmic variable UX UMa
(Rutten, Dhillon, Horne, Kuulkers, van Paradijs, 1993, Nature, 362, 518)