Second Outburst of the Yellow Symbiotic Star LT Delphini
Abstract
We present the results of our photoelectric 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 100 000 K, has an orbital period of 476 days. In 2017 the variable experienced a second low-amplitude () outburst in the history of its studies whose maximum occurred at an orbital phase of 0.150.05. The outburst duration was 60 days. The and 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 and appeared in the and 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.
Cite
@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}
}
Comments
14 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in Astronomy Letters