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Effective temperature scale and bolometric corrections from 2MASS photometry
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| The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the Solar neighbourhood. Ages, metallicities, and kinematic properties of 14 000 F and G dwarfs
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| Photoelectric Observations of the Eclipsing Variable ER Vulpeculae
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| The Photometric Observations of ER Vulpeculae: Photometric Analysis with the W-D Code
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| The active close binary system ER Vulpeculae
UBV (RI)c photometry of the short period RS CVn binary ERVul, gathered in the years 1990-1992, is analyzed. A set of binarysystem parameters is finally derived with some confidence, after duetests and comparisons with literature values. The well-knownirregularities of ER Vul are interpreted largely in terms of darkmaculae, whose major characteristics (size, surface position) arequantified. The occurrence of at least one bright spot (facula) is alsoevidenced, however. The maculation representation is shown to beconsistent with a 'quasi-poloidal' spot distribution - high latitudespot concentrations tending to be roughly symmetric in both hemispheres.This model requires further observational checking.
| The Light Curve of ER Vulpeculae
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| 1988 and 1989 BV Photometry of ER Vul
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| ER Vulpeculae
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| UBV photometry of ER Vulpeculae
UBV photometry of the RS CVn-type eclipsing binary system ER Vulpeculaehas been presented. The period comes out to be 0.698093d. The averagedepths of primary and secondary minima are, respectively, 0.21 and0.12m. The colors at various phases have been given. A dip is seenaround phase 0.73P as was seen in the observations of Arevalo et al.(1988). Large scatter is present in the observations as noticed earlier,and may be due to activity of the components.
| Time-scale variability of the light curves of ER Vulpeculae
An efficient procedure for analyzing the variability of light curves ofsolar type eclipsing binaries has been implemented. By means of thisprocedure the UBV photoelectric light curves of ER Vul, observed in1985, have been studied and three sinusoidal waves, which could explainboth the short and the long time-scale variability, have been identifiedthrough the distortion of the light curves. A tentative interpretationis given to link these waves to the stellar activity.
| Photometric variability in chromospherically active stars. III - The binary stars
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| Photometric study of ER VUL
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| B, V Photometry of ER Vulpeculae
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| Light curve variations in ER Vulpeculae
Photoelectric observations of the peculiar eclipsing variable ER Vulwere obtained in blue and yellow light, in the 1981 and 1982 observingseasons. The light curves undergo change in short time intervals. Thewavelike distortion superimposed on the light curves is clearly seen,but sometimes there is no indication of its existence. The migrationperiod has been estimated roughly about eight months. Moreover,small-amplitude light fluctuations in the light curves are noticeable.These variations seem to occur randomly. When the IUE and opticalobservations are taken into consideration together, it is stronglysuggested that both of the components in the system ER Vul are tooactive.
| 1981 UBVR Photometric Observations of ER Vul
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| The fourth meridian catalog of Besancon Observatory
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| Constellation: | Αλώπηξ |
| Right ascension: | 21h01m41.67s |
| Declination: | +28°06'05.0" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 7.765 |
| Distance: | 83.264 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | 9 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -39 |
| B-T magnitude: | 8.297 |
| V-T magnitude: | 7.809 |
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