Timing of the 1997 Eclipse of the Long Period (5.61 Years) Eclipsing Binary EE Cephei

Volume 27 number 1 (1999)

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Edward A. Halbach
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Abstract

The eclipsing binary EE Cephei has a very long period of 5.61 years and an eclipse lasting about 30 days. The 1997 eclipse was observed visually and by CCDs with a spread of only 3.6 hours, but it was about three days later than predicted.