TX Leo

Srivastava1968 - Srivastava1968V (Johnson V)

The solution presented here is based on that given in Srivastava & Kandpal (1968) which was created via the Russell-Merrill method. The large scatter (0.10 mag) in the light curves precludes a definitive solution, and the authors also did not take into account that fact that the stars would change brightness because of their changing size in the eccentric orbit (e = 0.06). In fact, the change in outside of eclipse flux is greater than the depth of secondary eclipse. The argument of perihelion also seems to be off by 180 degrees. This system definitely needs a new light curve and a modern radial velocity curve in an attempt to observe the lines from both components. The radial velocity curve is from Chamberlin & McNamara (1959).