A photometric study of NSVS 7453183: a probable quadruple system with long-term surface activity

Abstract

The $VRC$ light curves were regularly measured for the eclipsing binary NSVS 7453183 as a part of our long-term observational project for studying of low-mass eclipsing binaries with a short orbital period and surface activity. The TESS light curve solution in Phoebe results to the detached configuration, where the temperature of primary component was adopted to $T_1$ = 4300 K according to the SED approximation. It gives us $T_2=$ 4080 $\pm$ 100 K for the secondary component. The spectral type of the primary component was estimated to be K6 and the photometric mass ratio was derived $q=0.86$. We confirm presence of the third body in this system, a stellar companion with a minimal mass 0.33 M${}_{\mathrm{Sun}}$ orbiting the eclipsing pair with a short period about 425 days, and propose the next, fourth body with a longer orbiting period of about 12 years, probably a brown dwarf with the minimal mass of 50 M${}_{\mathrm{Jup}}$. The hierarchical structure ((1+1)+1)+1 of this quadruple system is assumed. Characteristics and temporal variations of the dark region on the surface of the primary component were estimated. The average migration speed of about 10 deg/month was found during years 2020-2022.

Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 11 pages, 9 figures, 9 tables. This is the authors' version of the accepted manuscript

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