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Photometry of eclipsing binary stars in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Glenn P. Bayne ,
W. Tobin ,
J.D. Pritchard ,
K.R. Pollard  and
M.D. Albrow
Glenn P. Bayne
Affiliation:
Mount John University Observatory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
W. Tobin
Affiliation:
Mount John University Observatory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
J.D. Pritchard
Affiliation:
Mount John University Observatory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
K.R. Pollard
Affiliation:
Mount John University Observatory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
M.D. Albrow
Affiliation:
Mount John University Observatory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand

Abstract

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CCD uVJIC photometry was obtained for three eclipsing binaries in the Magellanic Clouds and the preliminary analyses of their light curves has been made using a modified Wilson code. The LMC system, MACHO*05:36:48.7-69:17:00, is detached and eccentric, most likely comprising of two similar stars. The system has apsidal motion with a period of 100 ± 5 years. Initial results for two other systems in the SMC, MOA J005018.4–723855 and MOA J005623.5–722123, indicate circular orbits with the former semi-detached and the latter detached with two stars of very similar temperature.

Type
Part 6. Binary stars and pulsation
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 193: Variable Stars in the Local Group , 2004 , pp. 407 - 410
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004

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