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S. Shope, J. Sowell (GA Tech), R. Williamon (Fernbank)
RU Eri is an Algol system with partial eclipses and a period of 15 hours. The components appear to be slightly evolved F and K stars. UBV photometry has been acquired over six seasons with the 36-inch telescope at the DeKalb County (GA) School System's Fernbank Science Center. Times of minimum have been determined per filter and season, and a literature search has provided additional values for examining the possibility of period changes. Preliminary light curve solutions using all of our data have been derived with the Wilson-Devinney binary star code.
The author(s) of this abstract have provided an email address for comments about the abstract: jim.sowell@physics.gatech.edu