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On the duration of totality in the eclipse of Zeta Aurigae

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From a discussion of narrow-band observations of Zeta Aurigae in the 1963–64 eclipse, the duration of totality has been precisely found to be ≦36.901 days, which is appreciably smaller than the value 37.48 days currently used. The present result reveals that a hypothesis of gradual expansion of the K-type supergiant component could not be tenable.

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    Masatoshi Kitamura

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Kitamura, M. On the duration of totality in the eclipse of Zeta Aurigae. Astrophys Space Sci 28, L17–L23 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00642259

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