Eclipsing Binary Stars from Space
Abstract
We have begun a programme to obtain high-precision photometry of bright detached eclipsing binary (dEB) stars with the Wide-field InfraRed Explorer (WIRE) satellite (Bruntt & Buzasi 2006). Due to the small aperture of WIRE, only stars brighter than V = 6 can be observed. We are collecting data for about a dozen dEB targets and here we present preliminary results for three of them. We have chosen dEBs with primary components of B and early A type. One of our aims is to combine the information from the light curve analyses of the eclipses with asteroseismic information from analysis of the pulsation of the primary component.
- Publication:
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Binary Stars as Critical Tools & Tests in Contemporary Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- August 2007
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921307006072
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0610540
- Bibcode:
- 2007IAUS..240..624B
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, 3 figures. To appear in conference proceedings for IAU Symposium No. 240: Binary Stars as Critical Tools &