Physical parameters of the eclipsing binary V798 Cep

Resumo

The first high-accuracy CCD UBV RI(RI)_C light curves for the recently discovered eclipsing binary V798 Cep (P = 16^d.08, V = 11^m. 8) are presented; this star is included in our program of eclipsing systems with considerable eccentricities. A photometric solution for the light curves and physical characteristics of the component stars are derived. The orbital eccentricity is quite high, e = 0.437. The longitude of periastron is close to 180°, making studies of the apsidal motion difficult. V798 Cep may be a hierarchical system.