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The Accuracy of Timing the Minima of Eclipsing Variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Z. Kviz  and
A. P. S. Wong
Z. Kviz
Affiliation:
University of New South Wales
A. P. S. Wong
Affiliation:
University of New South Wales
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Abstract

It is shown that for the eclipsing variable stars MP Mus and SV Cen a least squares fitting procedure is more accurate when a linear (intensity) rather than a logarithmic (magnitude) scale is used.

Type
Theoretical
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , 1987 , pp. 117 - 118
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1987

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