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Identifying Large Scale Features on the Surface of Contact Binaries with Sub-Arcsecond Techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2016

P.G. Niarchos  and
I. Pustylnik
P.G. Niarchos
Affiliation:
University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, GR 157 84 Zografos, Athens, Greece, pniarcho@cc.uoa.gr
I. Pustylnik
Affiliation:
Tartu observatory, Tartu region 61602, Estonia, izold@aai.ee

Abstract

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We summarize multifold evidence for the presence of a hot spot region in contact binary VW Cephei. We interpret this feature as a photospheric burn and the preferential site of flares in EUV and X rays. With its trigonometric parallax of 0.041 arcsec VW Cep is a promising target for a milliarcsecond resolution investigation of the nature of surface features both in optical region and in IR.

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Type
Stars and Stellar Atmospheres
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 205: Galaxies and their Constituents at the Highest Angular Resolutions , 2001 , pp. 314 - 315
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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