page_title: Superhump
hierarchical_section_title: Superhump
caption_attribution_description: English: Light curve of eclipsing Dwarf Nova HT-Cas during 2010 outburst showing eclipses and super humps Y-axis is visual magnitude (increasing brightness is up), X-axis is time in days, (JD). Duration is 4 hr 39 min.
context_page_description: In astronomy, a superhump is a periodic brightness variation in a cataclysmic variable star system, with a period within a few percent of the orbital period of the system.
context_section_description: In astronomy, a superhump is a periodic brightness variation in a cataclysmic variable star system, with a period within a few percent of the orbital period of the system.
caption: Light curve of eclipsing dwarf nova HT Cassiopeia during outburst, showing eclipses and SU Ursae Majoris type superhumps
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