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Eclipsing Bianry Stars |
Eclipsing binary stars cannot be resolved visually in a telescope. However, they just happen to be oriented with their orbits exactly or nearly along our line of sight. Thus as they orbit around thier common center-of-mass they occationally eclipse each other causeing the over all brithness of the system to decrease visibly for several hours or even days. Orientation effects cause eclipsing binaries to be classified into the two major groups below. Within these groups there are many subclasses such as Algol types, W Ursae Majoris types. etc.
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Light curve for SS Bootes goes here |
Totally Eclipsing |
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Partially Eclipsing |
Light curve for CG Cygnus goes here |