Eclipsing binary system in Orion

The RXJ 0529.4+0041 system before secondary eclipse. The object RXJ 0529.4+0041 was first discovered by the X-ray satellite ROSAT. Subsequent optical spectroscopy showed this object to be a young, low-mass spectroscopic binary system. And when a team of astronomers used a 91-cm telescope at the Serra La Nave observing station on the slope of the Etna volcano (Sicily) to monitor the light curve, they also discovered that this system undergoes eclipses.


This is one of the six individual frames from the ADONIS movie of the RXJ 0529.4+0041 eclipsing, binary stellar system, corresponding to the time around the "secondary" eclipse.

Crédit:

ESO

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso0133d
Type:Collage
Date de publication:8 octobre 2001
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso0133
Taille:728 x 638 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:RXJ 0529.4+0041
Type:Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Binary
Distance:1400 années lumière
Catégorie:Stars

Formats des images

Grand JPEG
114,9 Kio
JPEG taille écran
147,0 Kio

Couleurs & filtres

DomaineTélescope
Infrarouge
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ESO 3.6-metre telescope
ADONIS
Infrarouge
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ESO 3.6-metre telescope
ADONIS
Infrarouge
J
ESO 3.6-metre telescope
ADONIS