Sentences with phrase «eclipses in a binary system»

The newly discovered system, known only by its astronomical catalogue number TYC 2505 -672-1, sets a new record for both the longest duration stellar eclipse and the longest period between eclipses in a binary system.

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Next they ruled out a false positive, usually caused by an eclipsing binary - star system in the background, with two relatively small telescopes on the ground, which offer better spatial resolution than COROT does.

In the original work by Brown, slightly different classes of false positives were used: MPU (main - sequence star with a giant planet); MSU (undiluted binaries); and the two types of diluted binaries, MSDF (an eclipsing binary + a third non-related star) and MSDT (triple systems).

A well - known eclipsing binary makes up part of Algol, a multiple - star system in the constellation Perseus.

In an eclipsing variable, one member of a double, or binary, star system partially blocks the light of its companion as it passes in front of the latter, as observed from EartIn an eclipsing variable, one member of a double, or binary, star system partially blocks the light of its companion as it passes in front of the latter, as observed from Eartin front of the latter, as observed from Earth.

Feb. 17, 2016 — Astronomers have discovered an unnamed pair of stars that sets a new record for both the longest duration stellar eclipse (3.5 years) and longest period between eclipses (69 years) in a binary system.

UC Santa Barbara Astrophysicists are the first to identify two white dwarf stars in an eclipsing binary system, allowing for the first direct radius measurement of a rare white dwarf.

That is just what happens in a newly discovered system, known only by its astronomical catalogue number TYC 2505 -672-1, setting a new record for both the longest duration stellar eclipse and the longest period between eclipses in a binary star system.

This binary system was hard to spot because the bodies would eclipse each other — with only one signal visible — but when its existence was confirmed it marked a huge milestone in astrophysics.

Astrophysicists at UC Santa Barbara are the first scientists to identify two white dwarf stars in an eclipsing binary system, allowing for the first direct radius measurement of a rare white dwarf composed of pure helium.