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J/A+A/312/879       Beta Lyr radial velocities and UBV data (Harmanec+, 1996)
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Jet-like structures in beta Lyrae. Results of optical interferometry,
spectroscopy and photometry
     Harmanec P., Morand F., Bonneau D., Jiang Y., Yang S., Guinan E.F.,
     Hall D.S., Mourard D., Hadrava P., Bozic H., Sterken C., Tallon-Bosc I.,
     Walker G.A.H., McCook G.P., Vakili F., Stee P., Le Contel J.M.
    <Astron. Astrophys. 312, 879 (1996)>
    =1996A&A...312..879H      (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
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ADC_Keywords: Binaries, eclipsing ; Radial velocities ; Photometry, UBV
Keywords: stars: emission-line, Be - binaries: eclipsing -
          Stars: individual: beta Lyr - techniques: interferometric

Description:
    A preliminary analysis of an extensive collection of interferometric,
    spectroscopic and photometric observations of the bright Be star
    {beta} Lyr lead to the following main conclusions:
    (1) The bulk of the H{alpha} and He I 6678 emission seems to originate
    in jets of material perpendicular to the orbital plane of the binary.
    The jets are associated with the more massive component of the binary
    (star 1) and probably emanate from the `hot spot' in the disk, i.e.
    the region of interaction of the gas stream flowing from the
    Roche-lobe filling B6-8II component (star 2) toward star 1. Some
    contribution to the emission also comes from a region located between
    the two stars (the gas stream and the `hot spot') and from the
    `pseudoatmosphere' of the accretion disk around star 1.
    (2) The 282-d cyclic variation of the light curve of {beta} Lyr is
    confirmed on the basis of 2852 homogenized V-band observations
    covering an interval of 36yrs. We find, however, that the amplitude
    and phase of these variations vary with the orbital phase: the
    long-term modulation of the light curve almost disappears near orbital
    phases 0.25P and 0.50P (elongation and secondary eclipse).
    (3) Pronounced line-profile variations of the H{alpha} and He I 6678
    lines on a time scale shorter than one orbital period were clearly
    detected. They may be periodic, with a period near 4.70-4.75d, and
    this periodicity may be related to the 282-d change via the orbital
    period.

Objects:
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            RA  (2000)  DE            Name
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       18 50 04.7   +33 21 45.7       Beta Lyr = HD 174638
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File Summary:
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  FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe             80        .   This file
table2a            65      100   Beta Lyr individual radial velocities of the
                                  H alpha line (Reticon Ondrejov)
table2b            76       99   Beta Lyr individual radial velocities of the
                                  He I 6678  line (Reticon Ondrejov)
table2c            65      231   Beta Lyr individual radial velocities of the
                                  H alpha line (DAO CCD 4096 spectra)
table2d            74      231   Beta Lyr individual radial velocities of the
                                  He I 6678 line (DAO  CCD 4096 spectra)
table4             72     3949   UBV observations of Beta Lyr, 8 Lyr and 9 Lyr
note4              80       99   Notes to table4
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2a, table2c
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  Bytes Format Units  Label   Explanations
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  1-  4  I4    ---    No      File number
  6- 17  F12.4 d      HJD     Heliocentric julian date
 20- 27  F8.3  ---    cycle   Cycle
 29- 34  F6.1  km/s   RVem    ?=9999 Radial velocity of emission wings (1)
 37- 42  F6.1  km/s   RVpV    ?=9999 Radial velocity of V (violet) peak (1)
 44- 49  F6.1  km/s   RVpR    ?=9999 Radial velocity of R (red) peak (1)
 52- 57  F6.1  km/s   RVabs   ?=9999 Radial velocity of absorption component (1)
 60- 65  F6.1  km/s   RVstar2 Mean stellar velocity of star2
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Note (1): The value 9999. denotes missing items, no measurements was possible.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2b
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   Bytes Format Units   Label    Explanations
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   1-  4  I4    ---     No       File number
   6- 17  F12.4 d       HJD      Heliocentric julian date
  20- 27  F8.3  ---     cycle    Cycle
  29- 34  F6.1  km/s    RVem     ?=9999. Radial velocity of emission wings (1)
  36- 41  F6.1  km/s    RVabs1   ?=9999. Radial vel. of peak main absorption (1)
  43- 48  F6.1  km/s    RVabs2   ?=9999. Radial vel. of peak main absorption (1)
  50- 55  F6.1  km/s    RVabs3   ?=9999. Radial vel. of peak main absorption (1)
  57- 62  F6.1  km/s    RVstar2  ?=9999. Mean stellar velocity of star2 (1)
  64- 69  F6.1  km/s    RVabs4   ?=9999. Radial vel. of other absorption (1)
  71- 76  F6.1  km/s    RVabs5   ?=9999. Radial vel. of other absorption (1)
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Note (1): The value 9999. denotes missing items, no measurements was possible.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2d
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   Bytes Format Units Label    Explanations
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   1-  4  I4    ---   No       File number
   6- 17  F12.4 d     HJD      Heliocentric julian date
  20- 27  F8.3  ---   cycle    Cycle
  29- 33  F5.1  km/s  RVe      Radial velocity of emission wings
  35- 40  F6.1  km/s  RVpV     Radial velocity of V peak
  42- 46  F5.1  km/s  RVpR     Radial velocity of R peak
  48- 53  F6.1  km/s  RVabs1   Radial velocity of absorption component 1
  55- 60  F6.1  km/s  RVstar2  ?=9999. Mean stellar velocity of star2 (1)
  62- 67  F6.1  km/s  RVabs2   ?=9999. Radial vel. of absorption component 2 (1)
  69- 74  F6.1  km/s  sat.abs  ?=9999. Radial vel. of satellite absorption (1)
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Note (1): The value 9999. denotes missing items, no measurements was possible.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  8  A8    ---     Name      Star name
  10- 21  F12.4 d       HJD       Heliocentric julian date
  23- 26  F4.2  ---     w         Weight of the observation
  28- 33  F6.3  mag     Vmag      ?=99.999 V magnitude (1)
  35- 40  F6.3  mag     Bmag      ?=99.999 B magnitude (1)
  42- 47  F6.3  mag     Umag      ?=99.999 U magnitude (1)
  49- 54  F6.3  mag     B-V       ?=99.999 B-V color (1)
  56- 61  F6.3  mag     U-B       ?=99.999 U-B color (1)
  63- 68  I6    ---     HDcomp    Name of the comparison star
  71- 72  I2    ---     Site      Site (see note4 file)
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Note (1): The value 99.999 denotes missing items, no measurements was possible.
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Comparison stars used :
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            HD          star    V      B-V    U-B
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        172044       HR 6997  5.423  -.094  -.518
        176437     Gamma Lyr  3.253  -.071  -.052
        174585         8 Lyr  5.929  -.142  -.715
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Courtesy: Petr Harmanec <hec@sunstel.asu.cas.cz>
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(End)                                         Patricia Bauer [CDS]   11-Apr-1996

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