A new photometric study of CW Cephei and its apsidal motion

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

3

Binaries: Eclipsing, Stars: Individual (Cw Cep)

Scientific paper

New photoelectric observations of the eccentric orbit binary CW Cephei have been carried out in B, V and R colours during the 2000 observing season at TÜBITAK (The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey) National Observatory. The light curves of the system were analyzed with a nonsynchronous rotation approach using the method of Wilson-Devinney in B, V and R bands, simultaneously. Especially, we used the R band to check for a third light in the solution as distinct from previous studies. But, the third light contribution in the light curves comes out to be almost negligible. In this study, the values of the longitude of periastron (ω) of the system's orbit found in the solutions of the light curves and radial velocity curves were collected and the variation of ω with time was investigated. A new value of the apsidal motion velocity has been obtained as \dot{ω}=0.0582 ± 0.0011 (deg/cycle), corresponding to an apsidal period U=46 ± 1 yr.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

A new photometric study of CW Cephei and its apsidal motion does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with A new photometric study of CW Cephei and its apsidal motion, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and A new photometric study of CW Cephei and its apsidal motion will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1179727

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.