VI light curves and spectra of V479 And

We performed series of observations, including moderate to high spectral resolution optical spectrophotometry, X-ray observations with Swift, linear polarimetry and near-IR photometry. This binary system is a low-inclination ~17{deg} system with a 0.594093(4) day orbital period.

The absorption line complex in the spectra indicate a G8-K0 spectral type for the donor star, which has departed from the zero-age main sequence. This implies a distance to the object of about 4kpc. The primary is probably a massive 1.1-1.4M_{sun}_ magnetic white dwarf, accreting matter at a rate dM/dt>10^-10^M_{sun}_/yr.