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The results of quasi-simultaneous spectroscopic and photometric observations of a W UMatype eclipsing variable star AM Leo are presented. The observations were carried out with a 1.2-m telescope equipped with a high-resolution echelle spectrometer, and a telescope-reflector (D = 0.45m) of the Kourovka Astronomical Observatory of Ural Federal University. New values of semi-amplitudes of the radial velocity curves of the components, K 1 = 109.6kms−1 and K 2 = 252.4kms−1 and the systemic radial velocity V 0 =-9.3 kms−1 are obtained, comparable to the data published in the literature. The semi-amplitude of the radial velocity curve of a more massive component K 1 and the mass ratio of the components q = 0.412 appeared to be slightly smaller than the values obtained by other authors. An assumption wasmade that a possible reason of this is the presence of hot and/or cold spots on the surface of the components, shifting the effective center of brightness of the visible disk of the component with respect to its center of mass position. It was shown that the AM Leo light curve variations on the time scales of one and more days, registered within the photometric part of the study may be described by the choice of appropriate model of the spot structure.
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Original Russian Text © S.Yu. Gorda, 2016, published in Astrofizicheskii Byulleten, 2016, Vol. 71, No. 1, pp. 68–79.
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Gorda, S.Y. Spectrometric and photometric study of the eclipsing variable AM Leo. Astrophys. Bull. 71, 64–74 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1990341316010077
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