Code review comment for lp:~stellarium/stellarium/varstars

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Alexander Wolf (alexwolf) wrote :

Short description not very short :)

Example:description of Algol - EA/SD type.

Type EA: Algol (Beta Persei)-type eclipsing systems. Binaries with spherical or slightly ellipsoidal components. It is possible to specify, for their light curves, the moments of the beginning and end of the eclipses. Between eclipses the light remains almost constant or varies insignificantly because of reflection effects, slight ellipsoidality of components, or physical variations. Secondary minima may be absent. An extremely wide range of periods is observed, from 0.2 to >= 10000 days. Light amplitudes are also quite different and may reach several magnitudes.

Type SD: Semidetached systems in which the surface of the less massive component is close to its inner Roche lobe.

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