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Second Outburst of the Yellow Symbiotic Star LT Delphini

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2019-08-21 v1

Abstract

We present the results of our photoelectric UBVUBV observations of the yellow symbiotic star LT Del over 2010-2018. The binary system LT Del, which consists of a bright K giant and a compact hot star with a temperature of \sim100 000 K, has an orbital period of 476 days. In 2017 the variable experienced a second low-amplitude (ΔV0.m7\Delta V\sim 0.^{m}7) outburst in the history of its studies whose maximum occurred at an orbital phase of 0.15±\pm0.05. The outburst duration was \sim60 days. The BVB-V and UBU-B colors in the outburst became noticeably bluer. A difference in the photometric behavior of the star in the 1994 and 2017 outburst has been detected. In the orbital cycle preceding the 2017 outburst a secondary minimum with a depth of 0.m150.^{m}15 and 0.m200.^{m}20 appeared in the BB and VV light curves, respectively, whose cause is discussed. The phase light and color curves are presented and explained; the position of the star on the color-color diagram is interpreted. We have estimated the parameters of the cool and hot components of the system based on the distance determination from Gaia DR2.

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@article{arxiv.1906.10985,
  title  = {Second Outburst of the Yellow Symbiotic Star LT Delphini},
  author = {N. P. Ikonnikova and G. V. Komissarova and V. P. Arkhipova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.10985},
  year   = {2019}
}

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14 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in Astronomy Letters