Re: Astronomy C Question Marathon
Posted: May 3rd, 2014, 5:00 pm
He means like in: http://www.wallentinsen.com/binary/1-1_lightcurve.gif.cellobix wrote:I am referring to the secondary star eclipsing the primary.Crazy Puny Man wrote: When you say "the eclipse of the primary," are we talking primary minimum, or when the secondary star eclipses the primary star?I'm not sure what you mean by T1, T3, and T4, sorry.Crazy Puny Man wrote: Also, on an eclipsing binary light curve, is this 11 hours = T3 - T1? Or T4 - T1?