Ca II H and K and Hydrogen-Line Variations in V471 Tauri (=BD + 16°516)

Authors

Terry D. Oswalt, Ohio State and Ohio Wesleyan UniversitiesFollow

Submitting Campus

Daytona Beach

Department

Physical Sciences

Document Type

Article

Publication/Presentation Date

4-1979

Abstract/Description

Spectroscopic and narrow-band photoelectric observations of the white dwarf eclipsing binary V471 Tau (= BD + 16°516) are reported. Periodic fluctuations in Ca IIH and K emission and Ha absorption, and a wave-like distortion of the light curve mimic the characteristics of several well-observed RS CVn binaries. A probable correlation between maximum emission-line strength and wave minimum is shown to exist.

Publication Title

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1086/130475

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Additional Information

Dr. Oswalt was not affiliated with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at the time this paper was published.

Scholarly Commons Citation

Oswalt, T. D. (1979). Ca II H and K and Hydrogen-Line Variations in V471 Tauri (=BD + 16°516). Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 91(540). https://doi.org/10.1086/130475