A Catalog of 1022 Bright Contact Binary Stars
| dc.creator | Gettel, S. J. | |
| dc.creator | Geske, M. T. | |
| dc.creator | McKay, T. A. | |
| dc.date | 2005-09-27 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T11:24:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T11:24:48Z | |
| dc.description | In this work we describe a large new sample of contact binary stars extracted in a uniform manner from sky patrol data taken by the ROTSE-I telescope. Extensive ROTSE-I light curve data is combined with J, H, and K band near-infrared data taken from the Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) to add color information. Contact binaries candidates are selected using the observed period-color relation. Candidates are confirmed by visual examination of the light curves. To enhance the utility of this catalog, we derive a new J-H period-color-luminosity relation and use this to estimate distances for the entire catalog. From these distance estimates we derive an estimated contact binary space density of (1.7 +/- 0.6) x 10^-5 pcs^-3. | |
| dc.description | 26 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in AJ | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0509819 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0509819 | |
| dc.identifier | Astron.J.131:621-632,2006 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1086/498016 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/195314 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | A Catalog of 1022 Bright Contact Binary Stars | |
| dc.type | text |