GW Tau

Simbad link GW Tau
Source publication Zhu, Liying (2006) - BL Andromedae and GW Tauri: close binary stars in a key evolutionary stage
ADS link 2006MNRAS.367..423Z
Name in Source publication GW Tau
Orbital period in days (P [d]) 0.641359
Mass ratio (q) 0.31
Mass ratio determination Photometric
Type A
Has total eclipse?
Has spots?
Has third light?
Has period variation?

Solver WD
Orbital period in days (P [d]) 0.641359
Mass ratio (q) 0.31
Orbital inclination in degrees (i [o]) 88.3
Fillout (f) 0.15
Primary temperature in Kelvins (T1 [K]) 8750
Secondary temperature in Kelvins (T2 [K]) 5667
Primary polar radius in units of orbital separation (r1p) 0.4578
Secondary polar radius in units of orbital separation (r2p) 0.2709
Surface potential (Ω) 2.4706

Orbital separation in solar radii (a [R]) 4.8
Primary radius in solar units (R1 [R]) 2.35
Secondary radius in solar units (R2 [R]) 1.38
Primary mass in solar units (M1 [M]) 2.75
Secondary mass in solar units (M2 [M]) 0.85
Primary temperature in kelvins (T1 [K]) 8750
Secondary temperature in Kelvins (T2 [K]) 5667
Primary luminosity in solar units (L1 [L]) 29
Secondary luminosity in solar units (L2 [L]) 1.7
Distance in parsecs (d [pc])
Age in gigayears (τ [gyr]) 7.08

Orbital period in days (P [d]) 0.641359
Monotonic period variation in seconds per year (dPdt [s/y]) -0.036461
Cyclic period variation in years (Pc [y]) 86.6

Designation Gaia DR2 150983704071647744
RA 67:32:21.967008
DEC 25:32:26.750436
l 172.7571199
b -15.52507704
G magnitude 10.835946
G_bp magnitude 11.175199
G_rp magnitude 10.35033
Radial velocity [km/s]
Parallax 2.44227939
Distance [pc] 409.453564
Temperature [K] 5801
Radius [R] 2.37838
Luminosity [L] 5.771234

Simbad link GW Tau
J magnitude 9.627
H magnitude 9.427
K magnitude 9.305
Johnson_U magnitude
Johnson_B magnitude 11.59
Johnson_V magnitude 10.86
Johnson_R magnitude 10.42
Johnson_I magnitude
Sloan_u magnitude
Sloan_g magnitude 10.8359
Sloan_r magnitude 10.42
Sloan_i magnitude
Sloan_z magnitude

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