Peremennye Zvezdy

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vol. 15, N 4 (2015)

New Algol-type Binary System in Cetus

N. Virnina
Odessa National Maritime University, Odessa, Ukraine

ISSN 2221–0474

Received:   24.10.2013;   accepted:   26.06.2015
(E-mail for contact: virnina@gmail.com)


Star Name: USNO-B1.0 0793-0023471
Coordinates (J2000): 02 24 27.85, -10 40 35.2
Variability type: EA;   Limits, System: 15.443 - 16.130 (Rc);    
Period: 1.0455 d;   Epoch(min): JD 2455106.8463 (HJD)

Remarks:
During observations of an 88' × 59' field in Cetus, centred at α = 02h24m25s, δ = –10°41'12", on the remotely controlled astrophysical refractor AP-180 of the Tzec Maun observatory, we discovered a new Algol-type binary star USNO-B1.0 0793-0023471. We used C-Munipack software. All observations were unfiltered; the maximum quantum efficiency of the SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera is close to the Rc photometric band. Our observations cover 14 observing runs in the time interval from JD 2455058 (August 15, 2009) to JD 2455121 (October 16, 2009). We used USNO B1.0 0792-0023465 (Rc = 14.973), found constant, as the reference star for our photometrical measurements. We searched for the period of the new binary using the Lafler–Kinman method (Lafler & Kinman 1965) in the Peranso software. The star exhibits two minima of nearly equal brightness: MinI = 16.130, MinII = 16.108. The eclipse duration is 10.6%. To find a more precise period, we used Catalina Survey observations (Drake et al., 2009), which span 2739 nights of observations. We also measured individual minima:
HJDerrmagMin type
2455106.84630.002916.130I
2455117.82220.002616.105II
2455119.91580.002716.112II
The new variable star had been registered in VSX catalogue as VSX J022427.8-104034.

Acknowledgements: The author is thankful to Dr. Zdeněk Mikulášek for helpful discussion. Special thanks are due to Ron Wodaski (director of the Tzec Maun observatory) and Donna Brown-Wodaski (director of the Tzec Maun Foundation). This publication has made use of the VizieR catalogue service, operated at CDS, Strasbourg, France and the International Variable Star Index (VSX) operated by the AAVSO.

References:
Drake, A.J., Djorgovski, S.G., Mahabal, A., et al., 2009, Astrophys. J., 696, 870
Lafler, J., Kinman, T.D., 1965, Astrophys. J. Suppl., 11, 216

Light Curve
New Algol-type Binary System in Cetus
Red data points: AP-180 observations; black data points: Catalina observations.
Finding Chart
New Algol-type Binary System in Cetus
10'× 10' chart
Data Source
  1. usno-b1.0_0793-0023471.txt


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