PHOEBE Modeling of Three New Binaries in Hercules

ORAL

Abstract

We report the results of modeling of three new binaries in Hercules discovered through time-resolved photometry by the Small Telescope Exoplanet Transit Search (STExTS) project. Observations were made with a 200 mm astrograph f/1.5 stopped down to an f/2.8 in the R band over a period of seven weeks in summer 2012 in Pitkin, CO. A total of 10,500 calibrated images and PHOEBE were used to model the light curves of the newly discovered binaries GSC 2087-1870, GSC 2083-1875, and GSC 2087-0364. The binaries' parameter and classifications will be presented.

Authors

  • Jeffrey Schniederjan

    University of Dallas

  • Richard Olenick

    University of Dallas

  • Arthur Sweeney

    University of Dallas

  • James Meier

    University of Dallas

  • Matthew Heuser

    University of Dallas