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Table · dataset · 2015

UBVRI light curves of GSC 3208-1986

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GSC 3208 1986 is an NSVS and TYCHO binary, first observed from 1999 to 2000.

Description

It is a W UMa binary with a period of 0.405days. The present observations were taken in 2012 September and are of high precision, averaging a standard deviation of better than 5mmag.

The amplitude of the light curve is very nearly 0.5mag yet it undergoes total eclipses. Dominion Astrophysical Observatory spectra give an F3V type (T~6900K) for the system, the earliest of the extreme mass ratio W UMa binaries. The linear period determination of 0.4045672days was calculated with the two sets of epochs available.

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An early NSVS light curve reveals that the period has been smoothly decreasing over its past 12000 orbits. The binary may be undergoing sinusoidal oscillations due to the presence of a third body, possibly with a period of 23+/-3years. The high inclination of 85{deg} results in a long duration secondary total eclipse, lasting some 49.5minutes.

Findings indicate that GSC 3208 1986 is an immaculate extreme mass ratio, q(m_2_/m_1_)=0.24, A-type W UMa binary.

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Infrared · Optical
Provenance · 1 source records, 9 field assertions
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concepts[field].local:field:astronomymapping · IVOA Registryconnector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0
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concepts[modality].ivoa_waveband:opticalsource · IVOA Registryconnector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0
descriptionsource · IVOA Registryconnector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0rr.resource.res_description
license_textsource · IVOA Registryconnector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0
publication_datesource · IVOA Registryconnector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0
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updated_datesource · IVOA Registryconnector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0