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2015AJ....150....9X - Astron. J., 150, 9 (2015/July-0)

First photometric investigation of the solar-type contact binary GSC 1537-1557.

XIANG F.-Y., XIAO T.-Y., ZHANG B. and SHI X.-D.

Abstract (from CDS):

By analyzing Rc and Iclight curves of the short-period solar-type eclipsing binary GSC 1537-1557 we discovered that it is a shallow contact binary with a degree of contact factor of f = (8.1 ± 1.79)%. Photometric solutions reveal that GSC 1537-1557 is a W-type system with a mass ratio of q = M2/M1 = 2.645 where the less massive component (the primary star) is about 110 K hotter than the more massive one (the secondary star). The asymmetry and variation of the light curves were explained as the activity of spots on the solar-type component stars. By investigating all of the available times of light minima, we found that the observed-calculated (O-C) curve shows a cyclic variation with a small amplitude of 0.00335 days and a period of 8.1 years. The small-amplitude cyclic change in the O -C curve was analyzed for the light-travel time effect via the presence of an extremely cool stellar companion. The mass of the third body was determined to be M3 sin i' = (0.19 ± 0.01) M when M1 + M2 = 1.31 M is adopted for GSC 1537-1557. The semimajor axis of the outer obit is a' sin i' = (4.58 ± 0.33) AU.

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Journal keyword(s): binaries: close - binaries: eclipsing - stars: individual: GSC 1537-1557

VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/AJ/150/9): table1.dat table2.dat table4.dat table5.dat table8.dat>

Simbad objects: 15

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