New asynchronous polar discovered with Zwicky Transient Facility

Using the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), Russian astronomers have investigated a cataclysmic variable (CV) system of the polar subtype known as SDSS J085414.02+390537.3 (or J0854 for short). They found that J0854 belongs to a rare class of CVs, dubbed asynchronous polars. The discovery was detailed in a paper published August 8 on the pre-print server arXiv.