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Photometric Elements of the Eclipsing Binary AZ Vir
Author(s) -
Giuricin G.,
Mardirossian F.,
Mezzetti M.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.2103030308
Subject(s) - physics , contact binary , light curve , photoelectric effect , binary number , astrophysics , type (biology) , binary star , astronomy , stars , mathematics , optics , geology , paleontology , arithmetic
Using W OOD 's (1972) model we have analyzed M EINUNGER 's (1977) B and V photoelectric light curves – as yet unsolved–of the W UMa‐type eclipsing binary AZ Vir, for which no photometric elements have as yet been determined. Our results describe AZ Vir as a contact pair in which the star eclipsed at the deeper minimum is smaller than its companion. AZ Vir appears to conform to the general properties of the W‐type subclass of W UMa systems.