Observation by Graeme Coates: Eclipsing Binary - FV CVn

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Graeme Coates

Observer

Graeme Coates

Observed

2020 Mar 27 - 20:00

Uploaded

2020 Mar 28 - 12:35

Objects

Lightcurve
Variable star

Equipment
  • Home built 350mm Newtonian (f4.6)
  • SBIG ST2000XM
  • Astrodon V Filter
  • Losmandy Titan
Exposure

194 x 60s

Location

Standlake, W Oxon

Target name

FV Canum Venaticorum (FV CVn)

Title

Eclipsing Binary - FV CVn

About this image

FV CVn is a solar type (G7) eclipsing binary of EW type. It has a quoted period of ~7h34m - but there is some slow drift in the orbital period - see Liao & Sarotsakulchai - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1538-3873/aaeae2

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