• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.3
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• pp.45-51
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• 1978

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.73-79
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• 1988

New differential photoelectric observations in UBV system of the W UMa-type eclipsing binary SW Lac presented. The data were obtained on 4 nights from October in 1987 using the 61cm reflector at Sobaeksan Astronomical Observatory. These light curves are compared with recent published light curves in order to check the light curve variations and magnitude difference of minimum light phases. Four times of minimum light are deduced and the orbital period variation of SW Lac has been discussed.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.173-180
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• 2000

All times of minimum light of V651 Cas, which is still less studied so far, were analyzed. From our analysis, it was found that the orbital period of the system may have varied in a periodic manner. After assuming that the period change is produced by the light-time effect due to a third body in the system, attempts to derive the orbital elements of the light-time orbit were made. The resultant values for the period, semi-amplitude, and eccentricity of the light-time orbit were 6.${y}^{25}$, 0.${d}^{0013}$, and 0.77, respectively. The future observations of times of minimum light of V651 Cas are needed to confirm the existence of the third body we suggested in this paper.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.109-116
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• 2011

The first presented BV light curves of BH UMa confirmed Krajci's (2005) result that BH UMa is an RR Lyr star that belongs to the RRc subgroup. The light curves showed a slight asymmetry of D = 0.453 with an amplitude of about $0.^m58$ in B, $0.^m47$ in V, and $0.^m11$ in B-V and with a small hump between $0.^p82$ and $0.^p86$. We determined nine new times of minimum light and eight times of maximum light. We also analyzed all of the available unanalyzed minimum timings and found for the first time that the period of BH UMa has varied dramatically in at least three independent sinusoidal ways superposed on a secularly downward parabola over 66 years. The secular period decreasing rate was obtained as $6.^d684{\times}10^{-8}y^{-1}$, corresponding to -0.58 s/century. The semi-amplitude and period for each of the three sinusoidal variations were ($0.^d058$, $14.^y44$), ($0.^d044$, $9.^y98$), and ($0.^d005$, $0.^y97$), respectively. It is uncertain whether the periodicity for the shortest period of $0.^y97$ is real or spurious. The secular period decrease, well consistent with those of the other RRc stars, could be considered as a natural result of the evolution of the BH UMa system. The two possible sinusoidal terms were interpreted as both two light-time effects due to two additional bodies orbiting BH UMa and combinations of random fluctuations in the pulsation period of BH UMa. Two interpretations were shortly discussed with related parameters.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.341-348
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• 2015

New observations for the times of minimum lights of a well-known apsidal motion star CW Cephei were made using a 0.6 m wide field telescope at Jincheon station of Chungbuk National University Observatory, Korea during the 2015 observational season. We determined new times of minimum lights from these observations and analyzed O-C diagrams together with collected times of minima to study both the apsidal motion and the Light Time Effect (LTE) suggested in the system. The new periods of the apsidal motion and the LTE were calculated as 46.6 and 39.3 years, respectively, which were similar but improved accuracy than earlier ones investigated by Han et al. (2002), Erdem et al. (2004) and Wolf et al. (2006).

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.41-51
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• 1992

Photoelectric observations of close binary stars, AO Cam and AW Cam, were made during the 1984 observing season with the 61cm reflector at the Sobaeksan Observatory. One time of primary minimum for AO Cam and three primary epochs for AW Cam were derived from the observations of these two systems. Times of minimum light of these two binaries collected from literature were analyzed with a least square fitting method. New improved light elements for AO Cam and AW Cam were determined. The orbital period of AO Cam had been constant from Octobar, 1980 (JD 244520) to February, 1985 (JD 2446107). However, one secondary time of minimum (JD 2447864.7879) of AO Cam published recently by Mullis and Faulkner(1991) shows large deviation of about 4.6 minutes ($0^d.0032$) from the one predicted by our new light elements. Future observations of times of minima for this system are needed to test this period change. The orbital period of AW Cam has been constant as P=$0^d.77134645$ for about sixty years from the early 1930's to the present.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.105-116
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• 2006

New eight times of minimum light of the near-contact binary EG Cep were presented. All times of minimum light for EG Cep, including ours, were collected and analyzed to study it's orbital period variation. It was found that the orbital period have varied in a cyclical way superposed on an upward parabola. A secular period increase of $3.22{\times}10^{-8}d/y$ was calculated. Under the assumption of a conservative mass transfer, it implied that the stellar gaseous material of about $3.18{\times}10^{-8}M_{\odot}$ /year is transferring from the less massive secondary component to the primary. The cyclical period variation was interpreted as light-time effect due to an unseen third body in the system. The resultant period, semi-amplitude and eccentricity of the light time orbit were calculated to be $38.^y4,\;0.^d0034$ and 0.29, respectively. The mass range of the tertiary proposed in the system is deduced to be quite small as $0.10M_{\odot}{\leq}M_3{\leq}0.21M_{\odot}$ for $i_3{\geq}30^{\circ}$.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.233-241
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• 1997

New UBV Photometric observations for a close binary RZ Cas were obtained at the Chungbuk National University Observatory for 42 nights from October 1991 to March 1993, and standardized UBV light curves were constructed. From the primary light curves, the eight minimum times were determined by using a new light element. We confirmed the primary minimum was totality and derived the average duration was 18.1 minutes corresponding to $0.^{p}01$. The photometric and spectroscopic solutions were calculated with the obtained light curves and the radial velocity curves of Duerbeck & Hanel(1979) by using Wilson-Devinney method. From these values, the absolute dimensions of this binary system were estimated.

• Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.13-16
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• 2005

We present a period analysis of the well known $\beta$ Lyrae type eclipsing binary GO Cyg $(P= 0^d .7177)$. Several new times of minimum light, recorded photoelectrically, have been gathered. Analysis of all available eclipse timings of GO Cyg has confirmed a significant period increase with rate of $2.52 {\times} 10^{-10}$ day / cycle, also new period has been estimated. New linear and quadratic ephemerides have been calculated for the system.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.99-110
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• 2007

A total of 824 observations (206 in ${\Delta}B$, 206 in ${\Delta}V$, 206 in ${\Delta}R$, 206 in ${\Delta}I$ for CC Com were made on 3 nights from March 3 to April 3 in 2002 using the 61cm telescope with 2K CCD camera of the Sobaeksan Optical Astronomy Observatory of KASI. From our observations 9 times of minimum light were newly determined. Combined analysis of our new BVRI light curves with the double-lined radial velocity curves of Pribulla et al. (2007) were made with the 2004 Wilson-Devinney(WD) binary model code to yield new physical parameters of the CC Com system. Small asymmetries in light curves were explained with the adoption of two hot spots on the cool secondary.