* Astronomy

Title: Photometric Investigation of the K-type Extreme-Shallow Contact Binary V1799 Orion
Author: Nian-Ping Liu, Sheng-Bang Qian, Wen-Ping Liao, Jia-Jia He, Er-Gang Zhao, Liang Liu

New multi-color light curves of the very short period K-type eclipsing binary V1799 Ori were obtained and analyzed with the W-D code. The photometric solutions reveal that the system is a W-type shallow-contact binary with a mass ratio of q=1.335(±0.005) and a degree of contact about f=3.5(±1.1)%. In general, the results are in good agreement with which is reported by Samec. The remarkable O'Connell effects in the light curves are well explained by employing star spots on the binary surface, which confirms that the system is active at present. Several new times of light minimum were obtained. All the available times of light minimum were collected, along with the recalculated and new obtained. Applying a least-squares method to the constructed O-C diagram, a new ephemeris was derived for V1799 Ori. The orbital period is found to show a continuous weak increase at a rate of 1.8(±0.6) x10^-8 days.yr^-1. The extreme-shallow contact, together with the period increase, suggests that the binary may be at a critical stage predicted by the TRO theory. \keywords{binaries : close -- binaries : eclipsing -- stars: individual (V1799 Ori)

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