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J/PASP/108/332      Photometric analysis of contact binaries (Lapasset+ 1996)
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Photometric analyses of the short-period contact binaries HY Pavonis,
AW Virginis, and BP Velorum
     Lapasset E., Gomez M., Farinas R.
    <Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac. 108, 332 (1996)>
    =1996PASP..108..332L
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ADC_Keywords: Binaries, eclipsing ; Photometry

Abstract:
    We present BV light-curve synthetic analyses of three short-period
    contact (W UMa) binaries: HY Pavonis (P=~0.35days), AW Virginis
    (P=~0.35days), and BP Velorum (P=~0.26days). Different possible
    configurations for wide range of the mass ratio were explored in each
    case making use of the Wilson-Devinney code. The photometric
    parameters of the systems were determined from the synthetic
    light-curve solutions that best fit the observations. AW Vir has two
    components of very similar temperatures and therefore the subtype
    (A or W) remains undetermined. HY Pav and BP Vel are best modeled by
    W-type configurations and the asymmetries in the light curves are
    reproduced by introducing cool spots on the more massive secondary
    components. Although BP Vel lies in the region of the open cluster
    Cr 173, its distance modulus, in principle, rules it out as a
    cluster member.

Objects:
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      RA   (2000)   DE    Designation(s)
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     20 23 47   -73 42.2  HY Pav
     13 27 32   +03 02.5  AW Vir
     08 18 07   -45 23.5  BP Vel
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File Summary:
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 FileName    Lrecl   Records    Explanations
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ReadMe          80          .   This file
table1a.dat     30       653    Individual observations of HY Pavonis
table1b.dat     30       606    Individual observations of AW Virginis
table1c.dat     30       537    Individual observations of BP Velorum
table3a.dat     20        59    HY Pavonis normal points
table3b.dat     20        61    AW Virginis normal points
table3c.dat     20        67    BP Velorum normal points
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1a.dat table1b.dat table1c.dat
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 Bytes    Format   Units     Label         Explanations
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   1-  9    F9.4     d         HJD-2440000 HJD of observation (-2440000)
  11- 16    F6.4     ---       Phase       [0/1[ Phase
  18- 23    F6.3     mag       dV          Differential (Var-Comp) V magnitude
  25- 30    F6.3     mag       dB          Differential (Var-Comp) B magnitude
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3a.dat table3b.dat table3c.dat
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 Bytes    Format   Units     Label       Explanations
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   1-  6    F6.4     ---       Phase     [0/1[ Phase
   8- 13    F6.4     ---       IV        Intensity in V
  15- 20    F6.4     ---       IB        Intensity in B
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Origin: AAS CD-ROM series, Volume 6, 1996         Lee Brotzman [ADS] 07-May-1996
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