B_Persei

b Persei

b Persei

Star in the constellation Perseus

This article is about b Persei. For β Persei, see Algol.

b Persei (also known as HD 26961) is a spectroscopic triple star in the constellation Perseus. Its apparent magnitude is 4.60,[6] and it is about 320 light years away.[1]

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Light curves for b Persei. The top panel, plotted from TESS data,[12] shows the variability of the inner binary pair. The lower panels, plotted from AAVSO data,[13] show two eclipses.

In addition to the primary, an A-type giant, there is a smaller and cooler companion in a 1.53 day orbit, probably an F-class star around absolute magnitude 3.0, and a more distant companion (star C or Ac) in an orbit calculated to be 702 days long.[6] The close binary pair forms a rotating ellipsoidal variable with a 1.53 day period. Star C forms an Algol-type variable system with the close binary, showing both primary eclipses (when star C passes in front of the inner pair) and secondary eclipses (when the inner pair passes in front of star C).[14] Timings of the eclipses show a 705.4-day period.[9]

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    ESA (1997). "The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues". VizieR On-line Data Catalog. 1239. Bibcode:1997yCat.1239....0E.
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    Duerbeck, H. W.; Schettler, A. (1979). "Photometric and spectroscopic study of the ellipsoidal variable b Persei". Acta Astronomica. 29: 225. Bibcode:1979AcA....29..225D.
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    "Alert Notice 791: Anticipated secondary eclipse of b Per centered on September 29 2022 UT". AAVSO. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
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    "MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes". Space Telescope Science Institute. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
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    "Download Data". aavso.org. AAVSO. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
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    "b Per". The International Variable Star Index. AAVSO. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
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