Hunting for binary Cepheids using the ``lucky imaging'' technique

Klagyivik, P.; Szabados, L.; Szing, A.; Regály, Zs.
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Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol.334, Issue 9, p.988

Fecha de publicación:
11
2013
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4
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0
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0
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Descripción
Detecting companions to Cepheids is difficult. In most cases the brightness of the pulsator masks the fainter secondary. Since Cepheids play a key role in determining the cosmic distance scale it is crucial to find binaries among the calibrating stars of the period-luminosity relation. Here we present an ongoing observing project of searching for faint and close companions of Galactic Cepheids using the ``lucky imaging'' technique.