[/caption] In my article two weeks ago, I discussed how data mining large surveys through online observatories would lead to new discoveries. Sure enough, a pair of astronomers, Ivan Zolotukhin and Igor Chilingarian using data from the Virtual Observatory, has announced the discovery of a cataclysmic variable (CV). Cataclysmic variables are often called “novae”. However, … Continue reading Virtual Observatory Discovers New Cataclysmic Variable