BVR_CI_C Photometry of V743 Sagittarii: an Active, Very Short Period, Total Eclipsing W Ursae Majoris System

Details BVR_CI_C Photometry of V743 Sagittarii: an Active, Very Short Period, Total Eclipsing W Ursae Majoris System BVR_CI_C Photometry of V743 Sagittarii: an Active, Very Short Period, Total Eclipsing W Ursae Majoris System

Mar 1998

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The Astronomical Journal, Volume 115, Issue 3, pp. 1160-1174.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Binaries: Eclipsing, Stars: Individual: V743 Sagittarii

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A complete photometric analysis of BVRI photometry for the very short period W Ursae Majoris binary V743 Sagittarii is presented. Four epochs of minimum light were determined from observations made during two primary and two secondary eclipses. Corrected values of four previous timings are also given. The period study yielded an improved ephemeris. However, a large (~60,000 orbit) gap in the data precluded any definitive period analysis at this time. Standard magnitudes are reported. The light curves reveal that V743 Sgr is a G8-K0 spectral type W-type W UMa system with a 22 minute time of constant light in the primary minimum. The light curves have a prominent asymmetry occurring in the maximum at phase 0.25. It is 6% higher than the maximum at phase 0.75 in V magnitude. Our simultaneous light-curve solution yielded a component temperature difference of ~350 K, a mass ratio of ~0.31, and a fill-out of ~10%. A large polar cool star spot was calculated. Apparently, the system has rapidly changing spot activity. This is indicated by a comparison of our previously published 1989 curves with the present 1991 curves, which show a shallower primary eclipse and a reversal in the sense of the asymmetry in the maxima (phase 0.75 higher). This research was partially supported by a grant from NASA administered by the American Astronomical Society.

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