Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2009
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The Society for Astronomical Sciences 28th Annual Symposium on Telescope Science. Held May 19-21, 2009 at Big Bear Lake, CA. Pub
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
BL Eri is a W-type W UMa system with a mass ratio of 0.546 and a contact parameter, f = 0.2 for the primary star indicating over-contact and f = -0.0008 for the secondary indicating near-contact. The system stars have low surface temperature and a short period of 0.42 days. New CCD photometric light curves in V and R bands and computed parameters solutions using light curve synthesis program are presented. Prior visual, photographic and photoelectric observations from February 1978 thru October 2004 are analyzed along with this paper data obtained in October 2008. O-C data have been analyzed using linear ephemeris but was better described by a quadratic ephemeris. The first time radial-velocity curves of BL Eri were obtained in 1988 and used to compute the mass ratio of the system along with prior observational data used to compute the physical quantities of the system. The spectral type, orbital period, and angular momentum changes are discussed.
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