CU Tau

Simbad link CU Tau
Source publication Qian, S. -B. (2005) - Deep, Low Mass Ratio Overcontact Binary Systems. III. CU Tauri and TV Muscae
ADS link 2005AJ....130..224Q
Name in Source publication CU Tau
Orbital period in days (P [d]) 0.412538
Mass ratio (q) 0.18
Mass ratio determination Photometric
Type W
Has total eclipse?
Has spots?
Has third light?
Has period variation?

Solver WD
Orbital period in days (P [d]) 0.412538
Mass ratio (q) 0.18
Orbital inclination in degrees (i [o]) 73.9
Fillout (f) 0.5
Primary temperature in Kelvins (T1 [K]) 5900
Secondary temperature in Kelvins (T2 [K]) 5938
Primary polar radius in units of orbital separation (r1p) 0.5102
Secondary polar radius in units of orbital separation (r2p) 0.2412
Surface potential (Ω) 2.1176

Orbital separation in solar radii (a [R])
Primary radius in solar units (R1 [R])
Secondary radius in solar units (R2 [R])
Primary mass in solar units (M1 [M])
Secondary mass in solar units (M2 [M])
Primary temperature in kelvins (T1 [K]) 5900
Secondary temperature in Kelvins (T2 [K]) 5938
Primary luminosity in solar units (L1 [L])
Secondary luminosity in solar units (L2 [L])
Distance in parsecs (d [pc])
Age in gigayears (τ [gyr])

Orbital period in days (P [d]) 0.412538
Monotonic period variation in seconds per year (dPdt [s/y]) -0.156384
Cyclic period variation in years (Pc [y])

Designation Gaia DR2 69948116558111488
RA 56:54:13.964616
DEC 25:23:15.718272
l 165.7562622
b -22.48525506
G magnitude 11.411814
G_bp magnitude 11.7867775
G_rp magnitude 10.889937
Radial velocity [km/s]
Parallax 2.821195536
Distance [pc] 354.459656
Temperature [K] 5473.5
Radius [R] 1.7975909
Luminosity [L] 2.6129847

Simbad link CU Tau
J magnitude 10.481
H magnitude 10.178
K magnitude 10.117
Johnson_U magnitude
Johnson_B magnitude 12.02
Johnson_V magnitude 11.23
Johnson_R magnitude 11.38
Johnson_I magnitude
Sloan_u magnitude
Sloan_g magnitude 11.4118
Sloan_r magnitude 11.38
Sloan_i magnitude
Sloan_z magnitude

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