Hα spectrum of VV Cephei - HD 208816 - SAO 19753 [M2epIa-Iab + B8:eV]

VV Cephei

VV Cephei is an eclipsing binary star system with a M2 and a B8 star

The emission lines are caused by a disk around the B star, probable an accretion disk with material feeded by the supergiant M star.

There is a campaign throug the next eclipse 2017 to 2019. More information about this:

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015SASS...34...83H

VV Cep
Telescope: Astrophysics Starfire 5", f/8, d=130mm Spectra with 2400 lines/mm, processed with BASS project and VSpec Download spectrum DAT:  VVcep_20150826_1D.DAT
Spectrograph: Lhires III, 2400gr, slit 23u Ha calibrated with external Ne lamp, normalized flux Download spectrum 1D FIT:  VVcep_20150826_1D.FIT
Camera: SBIG ST10-Xe Ha: 8  x 4 min.  
Resolution: 0.09 Å / pixel, resolving power = 17000 Dark corrected, cropped, enlarged by factor 4 and stacked with Giotto Download BASS project bundle: VVcep_20150826_norm.bun
Acquisition software: SbigControl, Guiding with DMKguider Calibrated, RV-measure with HRV-MM2 Download complete project(1.6MB): VVcep_20150826.zip
Date: 26. August 2015,  19:26 - 20:04 UT, JD 2457261.32    

VV Cep Ha
Stellar data (Wikipedio.org):
Constellation: Cepheus, RA: 21h 56m 39.1s, Dec: +63° 37′ 32.0″
v = 4.91 mag Mv = -6
 
Distance: 4900 ly, 1500 pc
Mass: A ~ 25, B ~ 20 MΘ
Radius: A ~ 1600 - 1900, B ~10 RΘ
Luninosity: A ~ 200000-320000, B ~ 10000 LΘ
Surface Temperature: A: ~3800, B: ~25000 K