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Journal of Physical Studies 15(2), Article 2901 [6 pages] (2011)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30970/jps.15.2901 A HOT SPOT AND MASS TRANSFER IN THE ALGOL-TYPE BINARY SYSTEM WZ CrvN. A. Virnina{1}, I. L. Andronov{1}, M. V. Mogorean{2}
{1}Department ‟High and Applied Mathematics”,
Odessa National Maritime University, Odessa, Ukraine, |
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We present the results of the first two color VR observations of the Algol-type binary system WZ Crv (12\Hh44\Mm15.19\Ss,$-21^{\circ}25'35.4”$(2000)) which were obtained using the remotely controlled telescope TOA-150 of Tzec Maun Observatory. We determined the moments of individual minima, the orbital period and its derivative, the initial epoch, color indices V-R and temperature estimates of the components. Also we noticed that the phase curve is asymmetric: the second maximum is higher than the first one. It indicates that there is a spot in the photosphere of one of the stars in this system.
PACS number(s): 97.80.Hn, 97.10.Gz