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BO Ceti: Dwarf nova showing both IW And-type and SU UMa-Type features

BO Ceti: Dwarf nova showing both IW And-type and SU UMa-Type features

IW And stars are a recently recognized subgroup of dwarf novae which are characterized by (often repetitive) slowly rising standstills terminated by brightening, but the exact mechanism for this variation is not yet identified. We have identified BO Cet, which had been considered as a novalike cataclysmic variable, as a …