A Young Eclipsing Binary and its Luminous Neighbors in the Embedded Star Cluster Sh 2-252E
arXiv:1610.08990 · doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/6/194
Abstract
We present a photometric and light curve analysis of an eccentric eclipsing binary in the K2 Campaign 0 field that resides in Sh 2-252E, a young star cluster embedded in an H II region. We describe a spectroscopic investigation of the three brightest stars in the crowded aperture to identify which is the binary system. We find that none of these stars are components of the eclipsing binary system, which must be one of the fainter nearby stars. These bright cluster members all have remarkable spectra: Sh 2-252a (EPIC 202062176) is a B0.5 V star with razor sharp absorption lines, Sh 2-252b is a Herbig A0 star with disk-like emission lines, and Sh 2-252c is a pre-main sequence star with very red color.
Accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal; 21 pages, 9 figures
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