Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21714407b&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #144.07; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
V535 Aurigae is a faint (12.8 mag) short period (9.23 hours) overcontact binary which has only one published light curve and no published analysis. 811 digital images in the V filter and 845 in R were obtained over seven nights in the winter of 2008 at the Bradstreet Observatory at Eastern University. The data were obtained using the Observatory's 41-cm telescope coupled with an SBIG ST-10XME CCD camera. Six new timings of minimum light were measured in order to analyze whether or not the system's period has changed since its discovery. Preliminary results tentatively indicated that the period had been decreasing linearly over the previous nine years since it was discovered. In order to confirm the large change in period the binary was observed in 2009 and 2010 resulting in complete V and R light curves in both seasons and an additional nine timings of minimum light. These timings confirm that V535 Aur has a dP/dt = -0.208 sec/yr, some twenty times greater than the average period change for overcontact systems. V535 Aur thus displays the largest decrease in period for any known overcontact system. The light curves were compiled into phased normal points and analyzed using the Binary Maker 3.0 light curve analysis software. These preliminary results were then fine tuned using the benchmark Wilson-Devinney code as implemented in Andrej Prsa's PHOEBE software suite. The analysis shows that the system is totally-eclipsing with a fillout of 85% and equal component temperatures. The extraordinarily large fillout (average for overcontacts 28%), equal stellar temperatures and very large period decrease may indicate that V535 Aur is well on its way to coalescing into a single star. The methods and results of the data acquisition, period study and light curve analysis will be presented in this poster.
Bradstreet David H.
Hiebert-Crape B.
Sanders Jeffrey S.
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