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In this paper, we revisit the problem of clustering 1318 new variable stars found in the Milky way. Our recent work distinguishes these stars based on their light curves which are univariate series of brightness from the stars observed at…

Applications · Statistics 2022-02-23 Soumita Modak , Tanuka Chattopadhyay , Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay

With the availability of large-scale surveys like Kepler and TESS, there is a pressing need for automated methods to classify light curves according to known classes of variable stars. We introduce a new algorithm for classifying light…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-30 Nicholas H. Barbara , Timothy R. Bedding , Ben D. Fulcher , Simon J. Murphy , Timothy Van Reeth

We have developed a procedure for the classification of eclipsing binaries from their light-curve parameters and spectral type. The procedure was tested on more than 1000 systems with known classification, and its efficiency was estimated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-09 Ekaterina Avvakumova , Oleg Malkov

During the last ten years, a considerable amount of effort has been made to develop algorithms for automatic classification of variable stars. That has been primarily achieved by applying machine learning methods to photometric datasets…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-31 Lucas Valenzuela , Karim Pichara

We present an application of computer vision methods to classify the light curves of eclipsing binaries (EB). We have used pre-trained models based on convolutional neural networks ($\textit{ResNet50}$) and vision transformers…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-19 Štefan Parimucha , Maksim Gabdeev , Yanna Markus , Martin Vaňko , Pavol Gajdoš

We focus on the automated classification of eclipsing binary stars using deep learning methods to handle the vast data generated by large-scale photometric sky surveys. These surveys produce extensive datasets that are impractical for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-27 Bedri Keskin , Özgür Baştürk

Eclipsing binary star systems provide the most accurate method of measuring both the masses and radii of stars. Moreover, they enable testing tidal synchronization and circularization theories, as well as constraining models of stellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-04 Jonathan Devor

Recent studies indicate that the physical properties of eclipsing binaries can be extracted from the derivatives of their light curves. A classification scheme for the derivatives of light curves would be helpful for identifying key…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-28 Shinjirou Kouzuma

In the last couple of decades, tremendous progress has been achieved in developing robotic telescopes and, as a result, sky surveys (both terrestrial and space) have become the source of a substantial amount of new observational data. These…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-04 Michal Čokina , Viera Maslej-Krešňáková , Peter Butka , Štefan Parimucha

Individual stars located near the caustics of galaxy clusters can undergo extreme magnification when crossing micro-caustics, rendering them observable even at cosmological distances. Though most massive stars are likely reside in binary…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-10 Wenwen Zheng , Xiaoting Fu , Yang Chen , Xuefei Chen , Yanjun Guo , Xuechun Chen , Huanyuan Shan , Guoliang Li

We have compiled a catalogue of eclipsing variable stars, the largest catalogue, containing classified eclipsing binaries. A procedure for the classification of eclipsing binaries, based on the catalogued data, is also developed. It was…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-20 Oleg Malkov , Ekaterina Avvakumova

Aims. We aim to find more eclipsing multiple systems and obtain their parameters, thus increasing our understanding of multiple systems. Methods. The extraneous eclipses on the \textit{kepler} binary light curves indicating extraneous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-28 J. Zhang , S. B. Qian , S. M. Wang , L. L. Sun , Y. Wu , L. Q. Jiang

The 222~000 I-band light curves of variable stars detected by the OGLE-II survey in the direction of the Galactic Bulge have been searched for eclipsing binaries (EBs). A previously developed code to analyze lightcurve shapes and identify…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. A. T. Groenewegen

We present an image classification algorithm using deep learning convolutional neural network architecture, which classifies the morphologies of eclipsing binary systems based on their light curves. The algorithm trains the machine with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-06 Burak Ulas

We have analysed publicly available MACHO observations of 6833 variable stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud, classified as eclipsing binaries. After finding that a significant fraction of the sample was misclassified, we redetermined…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Derekas , L. L. Kiss , T. R. Bedding

The immense amount of time series data produced by astronomical surveys has called for the use of machine learning algorithms to discover and classify several million celestial sources. In the case of variable stars, supervised learning…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-12 R. Pantoja , M. Catelan , K. Pichara , P. Protopapas

Results of an archival survey are presented using B-band imaging of the eastern spiral arm of M31. Focusing on the eclipsing binary star population, a matched-filter technique has been used to identify 280 binary systems. Of these, 127…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ian Todd , Don Pollacco , Ian Skillen , D. M. Bramich , Steve Bell , Thomas Augusteijn

Eclipsing binaries offer a unique opportunity to determine fundamental physical parameters of stars using the constraints on the geometry of the systems. Here we present a reanalysis of publicly available two-color observations of about…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-09 A. Derekas , L. L. Kiss , T. R. Bedding

We have created a catalogue of variable stars found from a search of the publicly available K2 mission data from Campaigns 1 and 0. This catalogue provides the identifiers of 8395 variable stars, including 199 candidate eclipsing binaries…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-29 D. J. Armstrong , J. Kirk , K. W. F. Lam , J. McCormac , S. R. Walker , D. J. A. Brown , H. P. Osborn , D. L. Pollacco , J. Spake

We present a catalog of precise eclipse times and analysis of third body signals among 1279 close binaries in the latest Kepler Eclipsing Binary Catalog. For these short period binaries, Kepler's 30 minute exposure time causes significant…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Kyle E. Conroy , Andrej Prsa , Keivan G. Stassun , Jerome A. Orosz , Daniel C. Fabrycky , William F. Welsh
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