A Photometric Study of the W UMa-type Contact Binary GX Aurigae

  • Park, Jang-Ho (Department of Astronomy and Space Science, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Kim, Chun-Hwey (Department of Astronomy and Space Science, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Woo (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
  • 발행 : 2008.10.22

초록

The CCD photometric observations of the W UMa type contact binary GX Aur were performed for 33 nights from 2004 to 2008 using a 2K CCD camera and Johnson BVRI filter system attached to the 61cm reflector at Sobaeksan Optical Astronomy Observatory (SOAO). From our observations, the first BVRI light curves of GX Aur were completed and eight new times of minima (primary: 4, secondary: 4) were obtained. All the times of minima including our timings were collected and analyzed to see the dynamical behavior of GX Aur system. Intensive analysis of our BVRI lightcurves with the recent Wilson-Devinney binary model shows that GX Aur is an over-contact binary whose component stars have equal mass and time-variable spots.

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