CCD Photometry of Low Mass X-Ray Binaries: LMCX-2, 1556–60 and 1957+11

Motch, C.; Chevalier, C.; Ilovaisky, S. A.; Pakull, M. W.

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CCD Photometry of Low Mass X-Ray Binaries: LMCX-2, 1556–60 and 1957+11

C. Motch²,
C. Chevalier²,
S. A. Ilovaisky² &
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M. W. Pakull³

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We present preliminary results from V-band CCD photometric observations of several low-mass X-ray binaries with faint optical counterparts obtained at ESO and CFHT from February to September 1984. LMCX-2 exhibits large (0.3–0.5 magnitude) variations consistent with a possible 6.4 hour period. 1556–605 shows 0.2–0.5 magnitude variations suggesting that the orbital period is longer than 7 hours. 1957+115 shows short time scale (1 hour) variations of 0.1 magnitude.

Based on observations obtained at the European Southern Observatory, La Silla, Chile and with the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope, Mauna Kea, HI.

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Observatoire de Besançon, 41 bis av. de l’Observatoire, F-25000, Besançon, France
C. Motch, C. Chevalier & S. A. Ilovaisky
Institut fuer Astronomie T.U. Berlin, Ernst-Reuter Platz, D-1000, Berlin, Germany
M. W. Pakull

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Motch, C., Chevalier, C., Ilovaisky, S.A., Pakull, M.W. (1985). CCD Photometry of Low Mass X-Ray Binaries: LMCX-2, 1556–60 and 1957+11. In: Peacock, A. (eds) X-Ray Astronomy in the Exosat Era. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5448-9_32

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