Slow and Rapid Changes of the Radial Velocities in the Symbiotic Binary CH Cygni

Abstract

In the period 1982–1986, new 98 radial velocities (RVs) were determined (at the figures denoted by □). All spectrograms were obtained at the Toruń Observatory. RVs were measured at the Skalnaté Pleso Observatory. The main results are summarized in the figures 1-3. The phase is determined from the middle position of the hot component eclipse (JD 2 446 272) and from the minima difference observed in U light curve (5700d) (Mikolajewski et al., 1987).Slow changes of the RVs of the absorption components of ionized metals reflect the orbital motion of the hot component only between the phases 0.7 and 0.0. The rapid changes are observed mainly between the phases 0.8 and 0.9. They are created by combination of the emission red wing with the absorption component (Skopal et al., 1987). RVs of the cool component are in antiphase (Tomov and Luud, 1984).