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Times of minimum light for IR Cas

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The first photometric analysis of IR Cas was carried out based on the new observed BVRI light curves.

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The symmetric light curves and nearly flat secondary minimum indicate that very precise photometric results can be determined. We found that IR Cas is a near contact binary with the primary component filling its Roche lobe.

An analysis of the O-C diagram based on all available times of minimum light reveals evidence for a periodic change with a semi-amplitude of 0.0153days and a period of 39.7yr superimposed on a secular decrease at a rate of dp/dt=-1.28(+/-0.09)x10^-7^days/yr. The most reasonable explanation for the periodic change is the light time-travel effect due to a third body. The period decrease may be caused by mass transfer from the primary component to the secondary.

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With the decreasing period, IR Cas would eventually evolve into a contact system.

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