Eighteenth Episode Monitoring of Long Period Eclipsing Systems
Abstract
We propose to obtain fiducial observations of a series of long period eclipsing binaries, scheduled to eclipse during the next one to 20 year period. Because IUE has investigated many of these binaries previously, but cannot be expected to follow them indefinitely, we request that a program of regular monitoring begin as soon as possible to insure that as complete a record as possible be acquired. Motivations for this effort include recent recognition of rapid mass loss transients from such systems, along with new possibilities to deduce density and velocity structure in component atmospheres.
- Publication:
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IUE Proposal
- Pub Date:
- 1994
- Bibcode:
- 1994iue..prop.4841S