The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)
- Volume 41 Issue 1
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- Pages.41.3-42
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- 2016
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- 1226-2692(pISSN)
The First Photometric Study of the Neglected Contact Binary GX Aurigae
- Park, Jang-Ho (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
- Lee, Jae Woo (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
- Kim, Chun-Hwey (Chungbuk National University)
- Published : 2016.04.12
Abstract
New CCD photometric observations of GX Aur have been made between 2004 and 2015. Our light curves are the first ever compiled and display the variable O'Connell effect. The light variations are satisfactorily modeled by including time-varying cool-spots on the component stars. Our light curve synthesis indicates that the eclipsing pair is an A-type contact binary with parameters of i = 81.1 deg,
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