Sentences with phrase «for eclipsing binaries»

While current datasets at Vanderbilt are being used to search for eclipsing binaries and extrasolar planets, this system can be easily reconfigured for a wide variety of data sources.

«It's the longest duration stellar eclipse and the longest orbit for an eclipsing binary ever found... by far,» said the paper's first author Vanderbilt doctoral student Joey Rodriguez.

Not exact matches

In a paper accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal, lead author David Fleming, a UW astronomy doctoral student, studies eclipsing binaries, or those where the orbital plane is so near the line of sight, both stars are seen to cross in front of each other.

For low - mass eclipsing binary stars, the method of eclipse minimum timing allows astronomers to search for smaller masses than those feasible with radial velocity measuremenFor low - mass eclipsing binary stars, the method of eclipse minimum timing allows astronomers to search for smaller masses than those feasible with radial velocity measuremenfor smaller masses than those feasible with radial velocity measurements.

Piper Michelle Reid, Dripping Springs High School, Dripping Springs, Texas Photometric and Spectroscopic Analysis for the Determination of Physical Parameters of an Eclipsing Binary Star System

This paper is intended as a rapid release of planet candidates, eclipsing binaries and other interesting periodic variables to maximize the scientific yield of this campaign, and as a test run for the upcoming TESS mission, whose frequent data releases call for similarly rapid candidate identification and efficient follow - up.

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.

False positives due to eclipsing binaries are much less common for the multiples, as expected.

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.

Abstract: Wide - field searches for transiting extra-solar giant planets face the difficult challenge of separating true transit events from the numerous false positives caused by isolated or blended eclipsing binary systems.

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.

The photom... ▽ More Wide - field searches for transiting extra-solar giant planets face the difficult challenge of separating true transit events from the numerous false positives caused by isolated or blended eclipsing binary systems.

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.

For an additional candidate, we present multi-color follow - up photometry during a subsequent time of eclipse, which reveals that this candidate consists of a blend of an eclipsing binary and a physically unassociated star.

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.