Photometric and Polarimetric Observations of the Wolf-Rayet Eclipsing Binary HD 5980 in the Small Magellanic Cloud

Cellone, S. A.; Barba, R. H.; Niemela, V.; Feinstein, C.; Morrell, N.; Cerruti, M. A.; Garcia, L. G.; Moffat, A. F. J.; Baume, G.; Brandi, E. E.; Orsatti, A. M.; Vega, I.; Martinez, R. E.; Waldhausen, S.; Bosch, G. L.; Mendez, R. M.; Ostrov, P.; Fernandez-Lajus, E.
Bibliographical reference

Workshop on Colliding Winds in Binary Stars to Honor Jorge Sahade, vol. 5, p. 123

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1996
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18
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0
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Description
We present results of photometry and photopolarimetry of the Wolf-Rayet eclipsing binary system HD 5980 in the Small Magellanic Cloud, which underwent an unexpected eruption during 1994, transforming its spectrum into a Luminous Blue Variable-like one. CCD photometry was performed during the post-outburst declining phase. Pre-outburst photopolarimetric observations were collected between 1987 and 1991, and post-outburst after May 1995.