RVs of 5 cataclysmic variable candidates

We report follow-up observations of five cataclysmic variable candidates from the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) published by Hou et al. LAMOSTJ024048.51+195226.9 is the most unusual of the five; an early-M type secondary star contributes strongly to its spectrum, and its spectral and photometric behavior are strikingly reminiscent of the hitherto-unique propeller system AE Aqr. We confirm that a 7.34hr period discovered in the Catalina survey data is orbital.

Another object, LAMOSTJ204305.95+341340.6, appears to be a near twin of the novalike variable V795Her, with an orbital period in the so-called 2-3hr "gap." LAMOSTJ035913.61+405035.0 is evidently an eclipsing, weakly outbursting dwarf nova with a 5.48hr period. Our spectrum of LAMOSTJ090150.09+375444.3 is dominated by a late-type secondary and shows weak, narrow Balmer emission moving in phase with the absorption lines, but at lower amplitude; we do not see the HeII {lambda}4686 emission evident in the published discovery spectrum.