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.

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Om billedet

Id:eso0133d
Type:Kollage
Udgivelsesdato:8. oktober 2001
Relaterede pressemeddelelser:eso0133
Størrelse:728 x 638 px

Om objektet

Navn:RXJ 0529.4+0041
Type:Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Binary
Afstand:1400 lysår
Kategori:Stars

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ESO 3.6-metre telescope
ADONIS
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ESO 3.6-metre telescope
ADONIS
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ESO 3.6-metre telescope
ADONIS