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IUE observations of the eclipsing binary Epsilon Aurigae

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THE eclipsing binary Epsilon Aur is almost peculiar binary system and it has not been explained satisfactorily. We report here our observations of this system using the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) collected at the Villafranca Satellite Tracking Station of the European Space Agency (SA).

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HACK, M., SELVELLI, P. IUE observations of the eclipsing binary Epsilon Aurigae. Nature 276, 376–378 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/276376a0

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