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Announcements Project Medley Outlines due in 2 weeks! – Start thinking about how you want to do your project! If you did not sign up for a project yet, do so now! On-campus observing October 9, 7:30pm. – Meet in this room no later than 7:30!

Lab 12: Eclipsing & Spectroscopic Binaries Tiffany Pewett

Eclipsing binaries Many binaries cannot be visually separated. These stars sometimes line up from our point of view so they eclipse each other as they orbit. Produces a “light curve” showing the system becoming fainter as they eclipse.

Lightcurve

Which eclipse is which? Does the smaller, hotter star being in front or behind cause the larger dip?

Contact Points

Part 1 Read the procedure carefully! Find individual luminosity fractions. Find t1, t2, and t3 (note these are times in days). Fill in the rest using the equations provided in the lab procedure.

Spectroscopic Binaries Can see 2 spectra in one moving back and forth as the stars orbit each other. Can use this motion to find their velocities, which will give their separation, radii, and masses!!

Their Spectrum

Their Spectral Motion

Radial Velocity Curve

Part 2 Find γ, α’s, and β’s from your chart. Use the equations from the lab procedures. Make sure you are careful with your calculators and you put parenthesis where they are needed. Hint: the masses should be almost equal.

Finding γ, α’s, and β’s γ = proper motion of the star system. α c = peak velocity of cooler star away from us. β c = peak velocity of cooler star towards us. A B CD

Finding Individual Masses M c /M h =Mass Ratio M c +M h =Total Mass Use these together with some algebra to find -> M h =Total Mass÷(Mass Ratio+1) M c is whatever is left of the total mass. – TM-M h =M c Check your answers!

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