Astrometric studies in the region of Algol

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Jan 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995aj....109..434g&link_type=abstract

The Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 109, no. 1669, p. 434-439

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astrometry, Distance, Stellar Mass, Triple Stars, Astronomical Catalogs, Astronomical Photography, Electro-Optical Photography, Parallax

Scientific paper

The distance and masses of the components of the triple star Algol (Beta Persei) are derived from photographic and electronic data collected with the two 0.76 m objectives of the Thaw Refractor at the University of Pittsburgh's Allegheny Observatory and with the 0.61 m visual refractor at Swarthmore College's Sproul Observatory. These datasets constitute the major narrow-field astrometric collections of this star. The newly derived weighted mean trigonometric parallax of Algol is now +0.0343 +/- 0.00085 corresponding to a distance modulus of 2.32 +/- 0.054 mag. The total mass of the Algol system is estimated at 6.05 +/- 0.45 solar mass. The photocentric semimajor axis of the AB/C orbit is determined in the blue, yellow, and red bandpasses of the three independent astrometric systems. The total mass for the A and B component stars is found to be 4.63 +/- 0.35 solar mass and the mass of the C component is determined to be 1.42 +/- 0.13 solar mass. Residuals to this solution showed no meaningful correlation to the orbital motion of A/B. Thus it is probable that the photocenter is located near the center of mass of the A/B subsystem. There is no evidence of a previously suggested 32 yr orbital motion and no significant acceleration is evident in the 60 yr photographic series. It is therefore unlikely that the system has a fourth stellar mass component. It is noted that the visual band interferometric studies of the Algol system have the AB and C components interchanged.

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