54 Cam: A new variable star |
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Authors: | J A Eaton D S Hall G W Henry C A Vaucher H Louth D R Skillman |
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Institution: | (1) Dyer Observatory, Vanderbilt University, USA;(2) Sedro Woolley, Washington, USA;(3) College Park, Maryland, USA |
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Abstract: | Differential photometry of the RS CVn-type binary 54 Cam in 1978, 1979, and 1980 shows its light to be variable with a period of 10
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d
163±0
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d
009 and an amplitude inV (max. to min.) which increased from 0
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m
03 to 0
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m
06 between 1979.19 and 1980.82. An epoch of light minimum was JD 2444529.7. The 9% difference betweenP(phtm.)=10
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d
163 andP(orb.)=11
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d
0764,a much larger difference than is characteristic of other RS CVn binaries, is suggested as an explanation for the radio emission.Guest Investigator, Kitt Peak National Observatory,which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, under contract with the National Science Foundation.Of the AAVSO. |
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