J/other/NewA/48.42     AQ Boo VRI differential light curves        (Wang+, 2016)

The first orbital parameters and period variation of the short-period eclipsing binary AQ Boo. Wang S., Zhang L., Pi Q., Han X.L., Zhang X., Lu H., Wang D., Li T. <New Astron., 48, 42-48 (2016)> =2016NewA...48...42W 2016NewA...48...42W (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: Binaries, eclipsing ; Photometry, VRI ; Photometry, CCD Keywords: stars: binaries eclipsing - stars: period variation - stars: individual: AQ Boo Abstract: We obtained the first VRI CCD light curves of the short-period contact eclipsing binary AQ Boo, which was observed on March 22 and April 19 in 2014 at Xinglong station of National Astronomical Observatories, and on January 20, 21 and February 28 in 2015 at Kunming station of Yunnan Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Using our six newly obtained minima and the minima that other authors obtained previously, we revised the ephemeris of AQ Boo. By fitting the O-C (observed minus calculated) values of the minima, the orbital period of AQ Boo shows a decreasing tendency dP/dt=-1.47(0.17)x10-17day/year. We interpret the phenomenon by mass transfer from the secondary (more massive) component to the primary (less massive) one. By using the updated Wilson & Devinney (1971ApJ...166..605W 1971ApJ...166..605W) program, we also derived the photometric orbital parameters of AQ Boo for the first time. We conclude that AQ Boo is a near contact binary with a low contact factor of 14.43%, and will become an over-contact system as the mass transfer continues. Description: On March 22 and April 19 in 2014, we observed AQ Boo with the 60cm telescope at Xinglong Station of the National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC). The CCD camera on this telescope has a resolution of 1024 x 1024 pixels and its corresponding field of view is 17'x17' (Yang, 2013NewA...25..109Y 2013NewA...25..109Y). The other three days of data were obtained using the 1-m telescope at Yunnan Observatory of Chinese Academy of Sciences, on January 20, 21 and February 28 in 2015. The CCD camera on this telescope has a resolution of 2048x2048 pixels and its corresponding field of view is 7.3'x7.3'. Bessel VRI filters were used. The exposure times are 100-170s, 50-100s and 50-80s in the V, R, I bands, respectively. Objects: -------------------------------------------------- RA (2000) DE Designation(s) -------------------------------------------------- 13 47 26.93 +17 18 25.1 AQ Boo = TYC 1460-578-1 -------------------------------------------------- File Summary: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FileName Lrecl Records Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ReadMe 80 . This file table2.dat 70 323 Our observed photometric data of AQ Boo in V, R and I bands using 60cm and 1m telescope -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 12 F12.4 d HJD-V ? Heliocentric Julian Date of V band observation 14- 19 F6.3 mag dVmag ? Differential V band magnitude 21- 32 F12.4 d HJD-R ? Heliocentric Julian Date of R band observation 35- 40 F6.3 mag dRmag ? Differential R band magnitude 43- 54 F12.4 d HJD-I ? Heliocentric Julian Date of I band observation 56- 61 F6.3 mag dImag ? Differential I band magnitude 63- 72 A10 --- Tel Telescope -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- History: From electronic version of the journal
(End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 10-Nov-2016
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