an eccentric chromospherically active eclipsing binary system

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an eccentric chromospherically active eclipsing binary system

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https://phys.org/news/2021-09-astronome ... inary.html

Boy is it ever eccentric with eccentricity ~0.8. Maybe the IAU should think about reclassifying one of the stars as a comet?! ;)

The chromospherically active bit is because the spin periods of the stars show up as period variations in the brightness on top of the much longer orbital eclipse periods, starspots.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.07586
As part of an All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN) search for sources with large flux decrements, we discovered a transient where the quiescent, stellar source, ASASSN-V J192114.84+624950.8, rapidly decreased in flux by ∼55% (∼0.9 mag) in the g-band. The \textit{TESS} light curve revealed that the source is a highly eccentric, eclipsing binary. Fits to the light curve using \textsc{phoebe} find the binary orbit to have e=0.79, Porb=18.462 days, and i=88.6∘ and the ratios of the stellar radii and temperatures to be R2/R1=0.71 and Te,2/Te,1=0.82. Both stars are chromospherically active, allowing us to determine their rotational periods of P1=1.52 days and P2=1.79 days, respectively. A LBT/MODS spectrum shows that the primary is a late-G or early-K type dwarf. Fits to the SED show that the luminosities and temperatures of the two stars are $L_1 = 0.48~L_{\sun}$, T1=5050 K, $L_2 = 0.12~L_{\sun}$, and T2=4190 K. We conclude that ASASSN-V J192114.84+624950.8 consists of two chromospherically active, rotational variable stars in a highly elliptical eclipsing orbit.
Scopes: Refs: Orion ST80, SV 80EDA f7, TS 102ED f11 Newts: AWB 130mm, f5, Z12 f5; Cats: VMC110L, Intes MK66,VMC200L f9.75 EPs: KK Fujiyama Orthoscopics, 2x Vixen NPLs (40-6mm) and BCOs, Baader Mark IV zooms, TV Panoptics, Delos, Plossl 32-8mm. Mixed brand Masuyama/Astroplans Binoculars: Nikon Aculon 10x50, Celestron 15x70, Baader Maxbright. Mounts: Star Seeker IV, Vixen Porta II, Celestron CG5
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