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Exploring the Eclipsing Binary System IY Aur: First Photometric Insights

Year 2025, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 29 - 34, 24.06.2025

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Eclipsing binary systems play a vital role in astrophysics, as they provide a direct means of measuring fundamental stellar parameters. By combining high-precision space-based observations with ground-based multicolor photometric data, these parameters can be determined with greater accuracy. In this study, we present the first photometric analysis of the IY Aur eclipsing binary system, using a combination of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) light curve and new UBVRI CCD observations obtained with the 60 cm robotic telescope (T60) at the TÜBİTAKNational Observatory. Through detailed photometric modeling, the masses and radii of the system’s primary and secondary components were determined as 𝑀1 = 6.51±0.81 𝑀⊙, 𝑀2 = 5.39±0.87 𝑀⊙, and 𝑅1 = 4.15 ± 0.20 𝑅⊙, 𝑅2 = 6.88 ± 0.33 𝑅⊙, respectively. The logarithmic values of luminosity and surface gravity were calculated as log 𝐿1=3.14 ± 0.20 𝐿⊙ and log 𝑔1=4.01 ± 0.02 cgs for the primary component, and log 𝐿2=2.50 ± 0.22 𝐿⊙ and log 𝑔2=3.49 ± 0.03 cgs for the secondary component. Furthermore, the distance to IY Aur was estimated as 𝑑 = 1690 ± 237 pc.

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Primary Language English
Subjects Classical Physics (Other)
Journal Section Research Articles
Authors

Neslihan Alan 0000-0001-9809-7493

Mehmet Alpsoy This is me 0009-0001-4009-7412

Yücel Kılıç This is me

Publication Date June 24, 2025
Submission Date April 11, 2025
Acceptance Date June 9, 2025
Published in Issue Year 2025 Volume: 3 Issue: 1

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APA Alan, N., Alpsoy, M., & Kılıç, Y. (2025). Exploring the Eclipsing Binary System IY Aur: First Photometric Insights. Physics and Astronomy Reports, 3(1), 29-34. https://doi.org/10.26650/PAR.2025.00004
AMA Alan N, Alpsoy M, Kılıç Y. Exploring the Eclipsing Binary System IY Aur: First Photometric Insights. Physics and Astronomy Reports. June 2025;3(1):29-34. doi:10.26650/PAR.2025.00004
Chicago Alan, Neslihan, Mehmet Alpsoy, and Yücel Kılıç. “Exploring the Eclipsing Binary System IY Aur: First Photometric Insights”. Physics and Astronomy Reports 3, no. 1 (June 2025): 29-34. https://doi.org/10.26650/PAR.2025.00004.
EndNote Alan N, Alpsoy M, Kılıç Y (June 1, 2025) Exploring the Eclipsing Binary System IY Aur: First Photometric Insights. Physics and Astronomy Reports 3 1 29–34.
IEEE N. Alan, M. Alpsoy, and Y. Kılıç, “Exploring the Eclipsing Binary System IY Aur: First Photometric Insights”, Physics and Astronomy Reports, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 29–34, 2025, doi: 10.26650/PAR.2025.00004.
ISNAD Alan, Neslihan et al. “Exploring the Eclipsing Binary System IY Aur: First Photometric Insights”. Physics and Astronomy Reports 3/1 (June2025), 29-34. https://doi.org/10.26650/PAR.2025.00004.
JAMA Alan N, Alpsoy M, Kılıç Y. Exploring the Eclipsing Binary System IY Aur: First Photometric Insights. Physics and Astronomy Reports. 2025;3:29–34.
MLA Alan, Neslihan et al. “Exploring the Eclipsing Binary System IY Aur: First Photometric Insights”. Physics and Astronomy Reports, vol. 3, no. 1, 2025, pp. 29-34, doi:10.26650/PAR.2025.00004.
Vancouver Alan N, Alpsoy M, Kılıç Y. Exploring the Eclipsing Binary System IY Aur: First Photometric Insights. Physics and Astronomy Reports. 2025;3(1):29-34.