{"id":56,"date":"2018-08-09T04:11:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T08:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.bsu.edu\/rberring\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2019-05-16T19:05:01","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T23:05:01","slug":"nsvs-4161544","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.bsu.edu\/rberring\/variable_star_research\/nsvs-4161544\/","title":{"rendered":"NSVS 4161544"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;border: 1px solid white\">Researcher: <a href=\"https:\/\/people.bsu.edu\/rberring\/people\/tyler-redfern\/\">Tyler Redfern<\/a><br \/>\nObservations suggest that NSVS 4161544 is an eclipsing variable star of W Ursae Majoris type. This star is located at <a href=\"http:\/\/simbad.u-strasbg.fr\/simbad\/sim-basic?Ident=nsvs+4161544&amp;submit=SIMBAD+search\">\u03b1=03:26:38.8 \u03b4=+42:43:24.8<\/a> (J2000.0) and has the following alternate stellar designations: <a href=\"http:\/\/cds.u-strasbg.fr\/cgi-bin\/Dic-Simbad?BD%2b42\">BD<\/a>+42 765, \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cds.u-strasbg.fr\/cgi-bin\/Dic-Simbad?GSC\">GSC<\/a> 02869-00639, <a href=\"http:\/\/cds.u-strasbg.fr\/cgi-bin\/Dic-Simbad?PPM\">PPM<\/a> 46177, <a href=\"http:\/\/cds.u-strasbg.fr\/cgi-bin\/Dic-Simbad?Wolf\">Wolf<\/a> 164, <a href=\"http:\/\/cds.u-strasbg.fr\/cgi-bin\/Dic-Simbad?AG%2b42\">AG<\/a>+42 381, <a href=\"http:\/\/cds.u-strasbg.fr\/cgi-bin\/Dic-Simbad?2MASS\">2MASS<\/a> J03263887+4243246, <a href=\"http:\/\/cds.u-strasbg.fr\/cgi-bin\/Dic-Simbad?SAO\">SAO<\/a> 38833, <a href=\"http:\/\/cds.u-strasbg.fr\/cgi-bin\/Dic-Simbad?Gaia%20DR1\">Gaia<\/a> DR1 238082612883284096, <a href=\"http:\/\/cds.u-strasbg.fr\/cgi-bin\/Dic-Simbad?NSVS\">NSVS<\/a> 4161544, and <a href=\"http:\/\/cds.u-strasbg.fr\/cgi-bin\/Dic-Simbad?TYC\">TYC<\/a> 2869-639-1. \u00a0Star Field with stars used in ensemble differential photometry are shown in Figure 1.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;border: 1px solid white\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-60 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/10094331\/NSVS_4161544_Apertures-1.png\" alt=\"Star Field\" width=\"50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/10094331\/NSVS_4161544_Apertures-1.png 688w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/10094331\/NSVS_4161544_Apertures-1-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/10094331\/NSVS_4161544_Apertures-1-618x400.png 618w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/> <strong>Figure 1:<\/strong> Star field with ensemble stars used for differential photometry marked. The eclipsing variable star NSVS 4161544 is marked by the green target (T<sub>1<\/sub>). All ensemble stars are marked by the red apertures and designated the labels C<sub>2<\/sub>-C<sub>8<\/sub>. If a B band magnitude is known, it is given with each comparison. Field scale is given on the left side and top of the image. Image is a representative image taken with the BSUO 20-inch telescope. Further details for each comparison star are given below in Table 1. Further details regarding the telescope and detector used can be found on our <a href=\"https:\/\/people.bsu.edu\/rberring\/observing-facilities\/\">BSU Observatory page<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;border: 1px solid white\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 40%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\" colspan=\"2\">(J2000.0)<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 30%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\" colspan=\"3\">Magnitudes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\">\n<th style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">Comparison<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">Catalog<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">\u03b1<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">\u03b4<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">B<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">V<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">R<sub>c<\/sub><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">C<sub>2<\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/simbad.u-strasbg.fr\/simbad\/sim-coo?Coord=03%3A26%3A31.884%09%2B42%3A47%3A39.45&amp;CooFrame=FK5&amp;CooEpoch=2000&amp;CooEqui=2000&amp;CooDefinedFrames=none&amp;Radius=2&amp;Radius.unit=arcmin&amp;submit=submit+query&amp;CoordList=\">TYC 2869-963-1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">03:26:31.88<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">+42:47:39.80<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">11.85 \u00b1 0.10<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">11.40 \u00b1 0.10<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\">\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">C<sub>3<\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/simbad.u-strasbg.fr\/simbad\/sim-coo?Coord=03%3A27%3A01.764%2B42%3A38%3A40.23&amp;Radius=2&amp;Radius.unit=arcmin&amp;submit=submit+query\">TYC 2869-893-1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">03:27:01.75<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">+42:38:38.86<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">11.81 \u00b1 0.08<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">11.57 \u00b1 0.11<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">C<sub>4<\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/simbad.u-strasbg.fr\/simbad\/sim-coo?Coord=03%3A26%3A10.388%2B42%3A41%3A55.28&amp;Radius=2&amp;Radius.unit=arcmin&amp;submit=submit+query\">TYC 2869-668-1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">03:26:10.37<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">+42:41:54.98<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">11.19 \u00b1 0.06<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">10.41 \u00b1 0.04<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\">\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">C<sub>5<\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">03:27:21.539<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">+42:51:00.70<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">C<sub>6<\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">03:27:03.471<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">+42:48:43.06<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\">\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">C<sub>7<\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">03:26:26.678<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">+42:47:12.10<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">C<sub>8<\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/simbad.u-strasbg.fr\/simbad\/sim-coo?Coord=03%3A26%3A45.370%2B42%3A51%3A42.29&amp;Radius=2&amp;Radius.unit=arcmin&amp;submit=submit+query\">TYC 2869-869-1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">03:26:45.34<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">+42:51:42.91<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">11.62 \u00b1 0.09<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">10.73 \u00b1 0.06<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- end table for comparison list data--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;border: 1px solid white\"><strong>Table 1:<\/strong> List of comparison stars used in differential ensemble photometry analysis.\u00a0 First column gives the comparison designation.\u00a0 Columns 2 &amp; 3 give the Right Ascension (\u03b1) and Declination (\u03b4) of the comparison in J2000.0.\u00a0 Columns 3-6 report measured Johnson B (B), Johnson V (V) and Cousins R (R<sub>c<\/sub>) band magnitudes.\u00a0 Magnitudes are used to calibrate the magnitudes of the target star.\u00a0 Calibrated magnitudes are used to determine magnitudes in the Johnson-Cousins system.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;border: 1px solid white\">We have observed this star with the Ball State University Observatory (BSUO) 20-inch (0.6-m) telescope in the B, V and R<sub>c<\/sub> band passes. \u00a0All stellar photometry is performed by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astro.louisville.edu\/software\/astroimagej\/\">AstroImageJ (AIJ) software package<\/a>. \u00a0All photometry is performed with similar ensemble stars. \u00a0If a calibrated magnitude for a comparison star is known, then it is used by AIJ to calibrate the magnitude for the target star. \u00a0Folded light curves are shown for B, V, and R<sub>c<\/sub> in Figure 2.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;border: 1px solid white\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-59 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/10094331\/color_curve-e1533799644496.jpg\" alt=\"Color Light Curve\" width=\"50%\" \/> <strong>Figure 2:<\/strong> Folded color light curve for NSVS 4161544. All photometry is differential ensemble photometry performed by the AstroImageJ (AIJ) software package. Top panel shows folded V-band curve. Bottom panel shows folded (B-V) color curve. All magnitudes are calibrated by the known magnitudes of the ensemble stars.\u00a0 Error bars are not shown for clarity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;border: 1px solid white\" bgcolor=\"#BA0C2F\">\n<h3 style=\"width: 100%;text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Observed Minus Calculated (O-C) Time of Minimum Analysis<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;border: 1px solid white\">Times of minimum light were determined for the nights observed, and are given in the following table along with Observed minus calculated (O-C) times of minimum. All reported errors are 1\u03c3 error bars.<br \/>\n<!-- begin table for times of minimum data--><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 52%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\" colspan=\"2\">[HJD]<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 8%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 40%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\" colspan=\"2\">[days]<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\">\n<th style=\"width: 32%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">Time of Minimum<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: left\">Error<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 8%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">Eclipse<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">(O-C)<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: left\">Error<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 32%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">2457697.59542<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: left\">\u00b10.00017<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">secondary<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">0.00042<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: left\">\u00b10.00024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\">\n<td style=\"width: 32%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">2457697.77085<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: left\">\u00b10.00017<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">primary<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">0.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: left\">\u00b10.00017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 32%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">2457702.69444<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: left\">\u00b10.00020<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">primary<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">-0.000103<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: left\">\u00b10.000262<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\">\n<td style=\"width: 32%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">2457703.57484<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: left\">\u00b10.00023<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">secondary<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">0.001071<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: left\">\u00b10.000286<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 32%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">2457703.74970<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: left\">\u00b10.00023<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">primary<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">0.000086<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: left\">\u00b10.000286<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\">\n<td style=\"width: 32%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">2457704.63021<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: left\">\u00b10.00021<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">secondary<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">0.001371<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: left\">\u00b10.000270<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 32%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">2457704.80457<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: left\">\u00b10.00020<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: center\">primary<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: right\">-0.000114<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 0px solid white;text-align: left\">\u00b10.000262<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- end table for times of minimum data--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;border: 1px solid white\"><strong>Table 2:<\/strong> Heliocentric Julian dates [HJD] for times of minimum (<em>first column<\/em>) are reported along with 1\u03c3 errors bars (<em>second column<\/em>). All times of minimum light are first determined for each filter (B, V, and R) light curve, and are determined by the method described by Kwee &amp; van Woorden (1976). Similar times of minimum for differing filter light curves are averaged together and reported in column <strong>Times of Minimum<\/strong>. Eclipses are designated by <em>primary<\/em> for the primary eclipse and <em>secondary<\/em> for the secondary eclipse in the <strong>Eclipse<\/strong> column (<em>third\/middle column<\/em>). Values of <strong>(O-C)<\/strong> (<em>fourth column<\/em>) are given in units of days along with 1\u03c3 errors (<em>fifth column<\/em>).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;border: 1px solid white\">An observed minus calculated (O-C) time of minimum light analysis was performed and is shown in Figure 3. The analysis was performed using the reported times of minimum light given in table 2. The O-C values are determined by the following linear ephemeris and are given in the above table.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;border: 1px solid white\"><!-- begin table for ephemeris--><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;border: 1px solid white;text-align: right\">T<sub>min<\/sub> [HJD] =<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 1px solid white;text-align: center\">2457697.77085<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 5%;border: 1px solid white;text-align: left\">+<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 1px solid white;text-align: left\">0.351692<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 1px solid white;text-align: left\">\u00b7 E<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 1px solid white;text-align: left\">(1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;border: 1px solid white;text-align: right\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 1px solid white;text-align: center\">\u00b10.00017<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 5%;border: 1px solid white;text-align: left\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 1px solid white;text-align: left\">\u00b10.002083<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;border: 1px solid white;text-align: left\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border: 1px solid white;text-align: left\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- end table for ephemeris--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;border: 1px solid white\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-313\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/25232641\/NSVS_4161544_OC.jpg\" alt=\"NSVS 4161544 O-C Plot\" width=\"2319\" height=\"1190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/25232641\/NSVS_4161544_OC.jpg 2319w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/25232641\/NSVS_4161544_OC-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/25232641\/NSVS_4161544_OC-768x394.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/25232641\/NSVS_4161544_OC-1024x525.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/25232641\/NSVS_4161544_OC-1000x513.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/25232641\/NSVS_4161544_OC-779x400.jpg 779w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2319px) 100vw, 2319px\" \/><strong>Figure 3:<\/strong> Observed time of minimum minus calculated time of minimum (O-C) plot with best-fit linear linear line (solid line) versus epoch number (E). Error bars are 1\u03c3 error bars assuming the period of the system is known with out errors.\u00a0 All O-C values are given in units of days and are determined by the linear ephemeris given in equation (1).\u00a0 Best-fit linear line is determined by an unweighted linear least squares analysis.\u00a0 Slope of best-fit line represents a negligible correction to the ephemeris given in equation (1).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;border: 1px solid white\" bgcolor=\"#BA0C2F\">\n<h3 style=\"width: 100%;text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Best fitting Wilson-Devinney (WD) Models<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;border: 1px solid white\">All modeling is performed using the <a href=\"http:\/\/phoebe-project.org\/\">PHysics Of Eclipsing BinariEs (PHOEBE)<\/a> (v0.31a) software package. PHOEBE is a graphical user interface (gui) to the <a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.astro.ufl.edu\/pub\/wilson\">WD code<\/a> that is used to model binary stars. Figure 4 shows the best-fit WD model with a single star spot. Figure 5 shows a graphical representation of the stellar surface with stellar spots resulting in best-fit model presented in Figure 4.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;border: 1px solid white\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/10094315\/NSVS_4161544_models.jpg\" alt=\"Best-Fit Models\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/10094315\/NSVS_4161544_models.jpg 2707w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/10094315\/NSVS_4161544_models-300x72.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/10094315\/NSVS_4161544_models-768x186.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/10094315\/NSVS_4161544_models-1024x247.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/10094315\/NSVS_4161544_models-1000x242.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/10094315\/NSVS_4161544_models-1400x338.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2707px) 100vw, 2707px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;border: 1px solid white\"><strong>Figure 4:<\/strong> Best-fit WD model fit with spots (<em>red solid curve<\/em>) to the folded light curve for differential B, V, and R<sub>c<\/sub> (<em>from left to right<\/em>) band magnitudes (<em>top panel<\/em>). The bottom panel shows the residuals from the best-fit WD model (<em>red solid curve<\/em>).\u00a0 Error bars are not shown for clarity.\u00a0 Resulting stellar models with spots are presented in immediately below in Figure 5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;border: 1px solid white\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-62 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/10094329\/spots_model-e1533799996174.jpg\" alt=\"Spots model\" width=\"50%\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Figure 5:<\/strong> Stellar models showing best-fit stellar models for the light curves shown in Figure 3. Orbital phases (\u03a6) for each panel are included in the upper right corner of each panel. The model includes two stellar spots with one spot on each stellar component and are apparent at orbital phases 0.25 and 0.5. Best fitting parameters are presented in Table 3.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;border: 1px solid white;text-align: left\">The following table gives the best-fitting parameters for the WD models presented above. All reported errors are 1\u03c3 error bars. Both models with out stellar spots and with stellar spots are presented.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p><!-- Dissemination and contact information follows --><\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;text-align: center;border: 1px solid white\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid white\" bgcolor=\"#BA0C2F\">\n<h3 style=\"width: 100%;text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\"><strong>Presentations<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;border: 1px solid white;text-align: left\">Presentations given are listed below along with date given and venue.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Place presentations here.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid white\">\n<h3 style=\"width: 100%;text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Contact Information<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;text-align: left;border: 1px solid white\">All <a href=\"https:\/\/people.bsu.edu\/rberring\/main\/variable_star_research\/variable_star_team\/\">members of the Variable Star Research group<\/a> are enthusiastic researchers with a passion for the work performed by the group. We are always happy to discuss any research projects and are always looking for like-minded and enthusiastic collaborators. For more information regarding any of the aforementioned research activities or the <a href=\"https:\/\/people.bsu.edu\/rberring\/main\/variable_star_research\/\">research activities<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/people.bsu.edu\/rberring\/main\/variable_star_research\/variable_star_team\/\">Variable Star Research Group<\/a>, please do not hesitate to contact <a href=\"https:\/\/people.bsu.edu\/rberring\/people\/robert-berrington\/\">Robert Berrington<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researcher: Tyler Redfern Observations suggest that NSVS 4161544 is an eclipsing variable star of W Ursae Majoris type. 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