Issue |
A&A
Volume 401, Number 3, April III 2003
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Page(s) | L17 - L20 | |
Section | Letters | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030332 | |
Published online | 01 April 2003 |
Letter to the Editor
Discovery of the eclipse in the symbiotic binary Z Andromedae
Astronomical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 059 60 Tatranská Lomnica, Slovakia
Corresponding author: skopal@ta3.sk
Received:
10
February
2003
Accepted:
6
March
2003
Our photometric observations of the symbiotic binary Z And during
its recent (2000–2003) active phase revealed a minimum in the
and V light curves (LC) at the position of the inferior
conjunction of its cool component (the orbital phase
).
This fact and the behaviour of colour indices suggest that
the minimum was due to the eclipse of the active hot object by
the red giant.
Physically plausible fit of the eclipse profile and a precise
analysis of the spectral energy distribution (SED) in the ultraviolet
continuum suggest a disk-like structure for the hot object during
active phases. The present knowledge of fundamental parameters
of the system limits the orbital inclination i to
.
The presence of the Rayleigh attenuated far-UV continuum at
during quiescent phase confirms the very high
inclination of the Z And orbit.
Key words: stars: binaries: symbiotics / stars: individual: Z And
© ESO, 2003
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