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    CCD photometric study of the late type contact binary EK comae berenices
    (2010-04-26) Deb, Sukanta; Singh, Harinder P.; Seshadri, T. R.; et al.
    We present CCD photometric observations of the W UMa type contact binary EK Comae Berenices using the 2 metre telescope of IUCAA Girawali Observatory, India. The star was classified as a W UMa type binary of subtype-W by Samec et al. [20]. The new V band photometric observations of the star reveal that shape of the light curve has changed significantly from the one observed by Samec et al. [20]. A detailed analysis of the light curve obtained from the high-precision CCD photometric observations of the star indicates that EK Comae Berenices is not a W-type but an A-type totally eclipsing W UMa contact binary. The photometric mass ratio is determined to be 0.349 ± 0.005. A temperature difference of ∆T = 141 ± 10 K between the components and an orbital inclination of i[°] = 89.800 ± 0.075 were obtained for the binary system. Absolute values of masses, radii and luminosities are estimated by means of the standard mass-luminosity relation for zero age main-sequence stars. The star shows O’Connell effect, asymmetries in the light curve shape around the primary and secondary maximum. The observed O’Connell effect is explained by the presence of a hot spot on the primary component.