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CCD photometry of low mass X-ray binaries: LMCX-2, 1556-60 and 1957+11

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We present preliminary results from V-band CCD photometric observations of several low-mass X-ray binaries with faint optical counterparts obtained at ESO and CFHT from February to September 1984. LMCX-2 exhibits large (0.3–0.5 magnitude) variations consistent with a possible 6.4 hour period. 1556-605 shows 0.2–0.5 magnitude variations suggesting that the orbital period is longer than 7 hours. 1957+115 shows short time scale (1 hour) variations of 0.1 magnitude.

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  1. Observatoire de Besançon, 41 bis av. de l'Observatoire, F-25000, Besançon, France

    C. Motch, C. Chevalier & S. A. Ilovaisky

  2. Institut fuer Astronomie, T.U. Berlin, Ernst-Reuter Platz, D-1000, Berlin, F.R.G.

    M. W. Pakull

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Based on observations obtained at the European Southern Observatory, La Silla, Chile and with the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope, Mauna Kea, HI.

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Motch, C., Chevalier, C., Ilovaisky, S.A. et al. CCD photometry of low mass X-ray binaries: LMCX-2, 1556-60 and 1957+11. Space Sci Rev 40, 239–243 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00212892

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