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A new look at the long-period eclipsing binary V383 Sco

Cezary Gałan·Toma Tomov·Taichi Kato·Grzegorz Pojmański·Dorota M. Szczygieł·Bogumił Pilecki·Dariusz Graczyk·Mariusz Gromadzki·Maciej Mikołajewski·Wolfgang Gieren·Andrzej Strobel·Boudewijn F. Roukema
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V383Sco was discovered to be an eclipsing binary at the beginning of the XX century. This system has one of the longest orbital periods known (13.5yr) and was initially classified as a zet_Aur-type variable. It was then forgotten for decades. This study provides a detailed look at the V383Sco, using new data obtained around the last eclipse in 2007/8. There was a suspicion that this system could be similar to eclipsing systems with extensive dusty disks like EECep and eps_Aur. This and other, alternative hypotheses are considered. The ASAS-3 VI light curves have been used to examine photometric changes. Low-(LRS) and high-res.(HRS) spectra have been used for spectral classification, to analyse line profiles, as well as to determine the reddening, radial velocities (RVs) and distance. The SED was analysed. Using original numerical code, we performed a simplified model of the eclipse, taking into account the pulsations of one of the components. The LRS shows traces of molecular bands, characteristic of an M-type supergiant. The presence of this star in the system is confirmed by SED, by a strong dependence of the eclipse depth on the photometric bands, and by pulsational changes. The presence of a low excitation nebula around the system has been inferred from [OI] 6300A emission. Analysis of the RVs, reddening, and P-L relation for Mira-type stars imply a distance to the V383Sco of 8.4+-0.6 kpc. The distance to the nearby V381Sco is 6.4+-0.8 kpc. The very different and oppositely directed RVs of these systems (89.8 vs -178.8 km/s) seem to be in agreement with a bulge/bar kinematic model of the Galactic centre and inconsistent with purely circular motion. We have found evidence for the presence of a pulsating M-type supergiant in the V383Sco which periodically obscures the much more luminous F0I-type star, causing the deep (possibly total) eclipses which vary in duration and shape.

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Cezary Gałan, Toma Tomov, Taichi Kato, Grzegorz Pojmański, Dorota M. Szczygieł, Bogumił Pilecki, Dariusz Graczyk, Mariusz Gromadzki, Maciej Mikołajewski, Wolfgang Gieren, Andrzej Strobel, Boudewijn F. Roukema. 2012-12-26. A new look at the long-period eclipsing binary V383 Sco. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361%2F201117912

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