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CCD photometric observations of the Algol-type eclipsing binary X Tri have been obtained. The light curves are analyzed with the Wilson-Devinney (WD) code and new geometric and photometric elements are derived. A new O-C analysis of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-16 A. Liakos , P. Zasche , P. Niarchos

New CCD photometric observations of the eclipsing binary V566 Oph have been obtained. The light curves are analyzed with the Wilson-Devinney code and new geometric and photometric elements are derived. A new O-C analysis of the system is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-21 A. Liakos , S. Varrias , P. Niarchos

The first V Rc Ic bands light curves of MQ UMa are presented and analyzed using the Wilson-Devinney (W-D) program. It is discovered that MQ UMa is an A-subtype contact binary with a high fill-out (f=82 %) and a low mass ratio (q = 0:195),…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-03 X. Zhou , S. -B. Qian , W. -P. Liao , E. -G. Zhao , J. -J. Wang , L. -Q. Jiang

Aims: Detect tertiary components of close binaries from spectroscopy and light curve modelling; investigate light-travel time effect and the possibility of magnetic activity cycles; measure mass-ratios for unstudied systems and derive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. Szalai , L. L. Kiss , Sz. Meszaros , J. Vinko , Sz. Csizmadia

The magnetic cataclysmic variable HU Aquarii displayed pronounced quasi-periodic modulations of its eclipse timing. These were interpreted in terms of the light-travel time (LTT) effect caused by a circumbinary planet or planetary system.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-18 A. D. Schwope , B. D. Thinius

New times of minima of the eclipsing binaries GK Cep and VY Cet, obtained at the Observatory of the University of Athens, have been used together with all reliable timings found in the literature in order to study the period variation and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-14 Alexios Liakos , Panagiotis Niarchos

The photometric analysis and spectroscopic study of the long period low mass ratio deep contact binary KN Per were executed. The light curves of BV(RI)$_c$-band were from the Ningbo Bureau of Education and Xinjiang Observatory Telescope…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-07 Xin-Yi Gao , Kai Li , Ya-Wen Cai , Ya-Ni Guo , Xing Gao , Xi Wang , Shi-Peng Yin , Fei Liu , Guo-You Sun

Abstract We investigate a short-period W UMa binary KIC 9026766 with an orbital period of 0.2721278 days in the Kepler field of view. By using an automated q-search for the folded light curve and producing a synthetic light curve for this…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-05 Somaye Soomandar , Abbas Abedi

The first photometric, spectroscopic, and period variation studies of neglected short-period eclipsing binary V2840 Cygni are presented. High Mass Ratio Contact Binaries, especially those in the weak-contact configuration are vital while…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-08 Ravi Raja Pothuneni , Shanti Priya Devarapalli , Rukmini Jagirdar

The new B and V photoelectric observations of the beta Lyrae eclipsing binary DO Cas were obtained on 6 nights form December 2000 to January 2001. The observations were made at the Biruni Observatory, Shiraz, Iran and the light curves are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-28 Shahin Jafarzadeh

We present new long-term CCD photometry for EP And acquired during the period 2007 to 2012. The light curves display total eclipses at primary minima and season-to-season light variability. Our synthesis for all available light curves…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Jae Woo Lee , Tobias Cornelius Hinse , Jang-Ho Park

Aims: The Danish 1.54-meter telescope at the La Silla observatory was used for photometric monitoring of selected eccentric eclipsing binaries located in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The new times of minima were derived for these systems,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-03 P. Zasche , M. Wolf , J. Vrastil , J. Liska , M. Skarka , M. Zejda

To detect additional bodies in binary systems, we performed a potent approach of orbital period variation analysis. In this work, we present 90 new mid-eclipse times of a short-period eclipsing binary system. Observations were made using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-20 Huseyin Er , Aykut Özdönmez , Ilham Nasiroglu , Muhammet Emir Kenger

The sequence of eclipses of binary stars is subject to inequalities for various reasons. The presence of a third component in the system causes periodic motion of the binary's center of mass along the line of sight of an observer. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-24 David Vokrouhlický

We present 22 sets of light curves and one radial velocity curve for the W UMa-type total eclipse contact binary system V2790 Ori, derived by combining all available public photometric data, the photometric data in previous studies, and our…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-02 Si-Rui Wang , Kai Li , Qi-Qi Xia , Dong-Yang Gao , Xiang Gao , Jing-Yi Wang , Ya-Ni Guo , Xing Gao , Guo-You Sun

We present 36 new mid-eclipse times obtained between 2017 and 2023 using the T100 telescope in Turkey, extending the time span of the $O-C$ diagram to 25 years. Once again, these new observations show significant deviations from previous…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-20 Aykut Özdönmez , Hüseyin ER , İlham Nasiroglu

As a result of various studies, it has been determined that several post-common envelope eclipsing binaries have variations in their orbital periods. These variations are thought to be caused by the existence of additional bodies in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-04 Huseyin Er , Aykut Özdönmez , Ilham Nasiroglu

This study aims at timing the eclipses of the binary star TU UMi. The times of minima are taken from the literature, from our observations in April 2004 and from TESS observations between 2019 and 2022. The orbital period analysis of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-19 Dicle Zengin Çamurdan , Burcu Özkardeş

The period changes of six eclipsing binaries have been studied with focus on the light-time effect. With the least squares method we also calculated parameters of such an effect and properties of the unresolved body in these systems. With…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-25 Zasche Petr , Zejda Miloslav , Brat Lubos

As its periastron passage occurred during the third quarter of 2020, system 24 Aqr is of particular significance. New visual solutions for the latest speckle interferometry observations collected by the Lowell Discovery Telescope (LTD) with…