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Spots on RS CVn from spectroscopy and photometryWe have used contemporaneous spectra and V light curves to form spot models for RS CVn in 1991 and 1992. More than two spots are needed to fit all the properties of the observations. In fact, moderately small spots (22 x 28 deg in latitude and longitude) having only a slight effect on the rotational light curve were eclipsed in both years, and we find that a collection of 6-8 such moderate spots is required to fit the line profiles in each year. These groups of spots also account naturally for a difference in level of light between the two years. There is no evidence for polar spots larger than 18 degrees in radius. We have also derived new orbits from radial velocities of the stars, which give the mass ratio Mc/Mh = 1.04 +/-0.02.
Document ID
19930071646
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Eaton, Joel A.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Henry, Gregory W.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Bell, Coretta
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Okorogu, Albert
(Tennessee State Univ. Nashville, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Astronomical Journal
Volume: 106
Issue: 3
ISSN: 0004-6256
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
93A55643
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG8-111
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF HRD-91-04484
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Public
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