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We present the first combined photometric and spectroscopic solution of the bright southern contact binary S Ant based on the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) light curve and the radial velocities from the David Dunlap Observatory survey. S Ant is a W UMa type binary in deep contact, with a mass ratio of 0.34 and a relatively massive and hot F-type primary. Beside the standard modeling of the phase-binned light curve, we also perform “seasonal modeling” where we treat each of the 83 orbital cycles present in the TESS data as a separate light curve. The resulting ensemble of solutions shows evidence of quasi-periodic migration of a long-lived, dark, polar spot. The migration is confirmed independently by eclipse time variations which display remarkably strong correlation with the spot location.
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New Astronomy publishes articles in all fields of astronomy and astrophysics, with a particular focus on computational astronomy: mathematical and astronomy techniques and methodology, simulations, modelling and numerical results and computational techniques in instrumentation.
New Astronomy includes full length research articles and review articles. The journal covers solar, stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy and astrophysics. It reports on original research in all wavelength bands, ranging from radio to gamma-ray.
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