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EK Dra (HD 129333) is a young, active, nearby star that is orbited by a low mass companion. By combining new speckle observations with old and new radial velocity measurements we find that the orbit is highly eccentric with e=0.82\pm0.03,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 B. König , E. W. Guenther , J. Woitas , A. P. Hatzes

The star phi Dra comprises a spectroscopic binary and a third star that together form a visual triple system. It is one of the brightest chemically peculiar (CP) stars of the upper main sequence. Despite these facts, no comprehensive study…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-27 J. Liska

WR~21a was known as a massive spectroscopic binary composed of an O2.5 If*/WN6ha primary and an O3 V((f*))z secondary. Although a minimum value, the mass estimated for the primary placed it as one of the most massive stars found in our…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-14 Rodolfo H. Barbá , Roberto C. Gamen , Pablo Martín-Ravelo , Julia I. Arias , Nidia I. Morrell

We present a new eclipsing binary (EB) showing multiperiodic oscillations using the first three sectors of {\it TESS} photometry. The eclipse and pulsation light curves of TIC 309658221 were modeled using an iterative method to obtain a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-15 Jae Woo Lee , Martti H. Kristiansen , Kyeongsoo Hong

Detached eclipsing binaries are the primary tool used to measure precise masses and radii of stars. In our previous paper estimating the parameters of more than 30,000 detached eclipsing binaries, we identified 766 eclipsing binaries with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-25 D. M. Rowan , T. Jayasinghe , K. Z. Stanek , C. S. Kochanek , Todd A. Thompson , B. J. Shappee , T. W. -S. Holoien , J. L. Prieto , W. Giles

We report the identification of a new, long period detached eclipsing binary by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN). Combining V-band photometry from ASAS-SN, ASAS and KELT, we constructed a light curve spanning 2006-2018.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-09 T. Jayasinghe , K. Z. Stanek , C. S. Kochanek , B. J. Shappee , T. W. -S. Holoien , T. A. Thompson , J. L. Prieto , Subo Dong , D. J. Stevens

OO Peg is a detached eclipsing binary system containing two late-A-type stars in a circular orbit with a period of 2.985 d. Using published spectroscopic results and a light curve from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-02 John Southworth

Spectroscopic and eclipsing binary systems offer the best means for determining accurate physical properties of stars, including their masses and radii. The data available for low-mass stars have yielded firm evidence that stellar structure…

Several planet-search groups have acquired a great deal of data in the form of time-series spectra of several hundred nearby stars with time baselines of over a decade. While binary star detections are generally not the goal of these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-16 Kevin Gullikson , Michael Endl , William D. Cochran , Phillip J. MacQueen

We present high-precision light curves of several M- and K-type, active detached eclipsing binaries (DEBs), recorded with 2-minute cadence by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Analysis of these curves, combined with new and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-30 Krzysztof G. Hełminiak , Andrés Jordán , Nestor Espinoza , Rafael Brahm

To measure the stellar and orbital properties of the metal-poor RS CVn binary o Draconis (o Dra), we directly detect the companion using interferometric observations obtained with the Michigan InfraRed Combiner at Georgia State University's…

OO Dra is a short-period Algol system with a $\delta$ Sct-like pulsator. We obtained time-series spectra between 2016 February and May to derive the fundamental parameters of the binary star and to study its evolutionary scenario. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-20 Jae Woo Lee , Kyeongsoo Hong , Jae-Rim Koo , Jang-Ho Park

A radial velocity study of the cataclysmic variable ES Dra (PG 1524+622) is presented. ES Dra is found to have an orbital period of 0.17660 \pm 0.00006 d (4.2384 \pm 0.0014 h). The mass-losing secondary star of ES Dra is detectable in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 F. A. Ringwald , Kenia Velasco

ASAS is a long term project to monitor bright variable stars over the whole sky. It has discovered 50,122 variables brighter than V < 14 mag south of declination +28 degrees, and among them 11,099 eclipsing binaries. We present a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 B. Paczynski , D. Szczygiel , B. Pilecki , G. Pojmanski

V455 Aur is a detached eclipsing binary containing two F-stars in a 3.15-d orbit with a small eccentricity. Its eclipses were discovered in data from the Hipparcos satellite and a spectroscopic orbit was obtained by Griffin (2001, 2013).…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-09 John Southworth

We present the Transiting Exoplanet Surveying Satellite (TESS) light curve of the intermediate polar YY Draconis (YY Dra, also known as DO Dra). The power spectrum indicates that while there is stream-fed accretion for most of the…

We use ASAS V-band and ASAS-SN g-band observations to model the long-period detached eclipsing binary ASASSN-21co. ASAS observations show an eclipse of depth V ~ 0.6 mag in April of 2009. ASAS-SN g-band observations from March of 2021 show…

RR Lyn is a detached eclipsing binary with a 9.95 d orbit containing two A-stars: one metallic-lined and one possibly metal-poor. We use the light curve from the TESS satellite and two sets of published radial velocity measurements to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-22 John Southworth

Detached eclipsing binaries are a fundamental tool for measuring the physical parameters of stars that are effectively evolving in isolation. Starting from more than 40,000 eclipsing binary candidates identified by the All-Sky Automated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 D. M. Rowan , T. Jayasinghe , K. Z. Stanek , C. S. Kochanek , Todd A. Thompson , B. J. Shappee , T. W. -S. Holoien , J. L. Prieto , W. Giles

ZZ UMa is a detached eclipsing binary with an orbital period of 2.299 d that shows total eclipses and starspot activity. We used five sectors of light curves from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and two published sets of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-11 John Southworth