Eclipsing binary system in Orion

eso_eso0133c October 8th, 2001

Credit: ESO

The RXJ 0529.4+0041 system after primary 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 "primary" eclipse.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0133c/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: RXJ 0529.4+0041
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Grouping > Binary

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Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
ESO-3.6m (ADONIS)	Infrared (K)	-
ESO-3.6m (ADONIS)	Infrared (H)	-
ESO-3.6m (ADONIS)	Infrared (J)	-

ID: eso0133c
Subject Category: B.3.6.1
Subject Name: RXJ 0529.4+0041
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2001-10-08T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0133c/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes: Distance in light years from the Orion Nebula.

Facility: ESO 3.6-metre telescope, ESO 3.6-metre telescope, ESO 3.6-metre telescope
Instrument: ADONIS, ADONIS, ADONIS
Color Assignment: Red, Red, Red

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: K, H, J
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Reference Dimension: 727.0, 641.0

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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso0133c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0133c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-01-20T11:43:37+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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