Keywords
Spectroscopy
Radial velocity
Orbit
Mass function
Orbital period
How to Cite
Abstract
We report measurements of the spectroscopic binary system Algol performed with the Espartaco-2 spectrograph at the astronomical observatory of the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá. From the radial velocities measured at several epochs we infer the orbital parameters. Our results are similar to the values found in the literature.
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