The nature of Sk -67º 18 in the Large Magellanic Cloud: a multiple system with an O3f* component

We present the results of photometric and spectroscopic observations obtained between 1980 and 1996, which show that the bright star Sk-6718 in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a multiple star which contains an eclipsing binary system. Our spectra show that this is an Of + O type binary, where th...

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Autores principales: Niemelä, Virpi Sinikka, Seggewiss, Wilhem, Moffat, Anthony
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2001
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/2069
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Sumario:We present the results of photometric and spectroscopic observations obtained between 1980 and 1996, which show that the bright star Sk-6718 in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a multiple star which contains an eclipsing binary system. Our spectra show that this is an Of + O type binary, where the primary is probably of type O3f*. The orbital period of the eclipsing binary is almost exactly 2 days, which considerably compromises the obtaining of data with suitable phase coverage. Furthermore, from our radial velocity analysis of the spectral lines, Sk-6718 appears to be a multiple system consisting of at least two pairs of short-period binaries.