Eclipsing Binaries Minima Database

version 0.61
Dec 19 2002

This database contains times of minima for eclipsing binaries. The current sources of the data are:

The Cracow Observatory card catalogue contains times of minima and other information on 2000 eclipsing binaries. The data has been collected at the observatory since the early 1920s. Currently, our group is working on making the data accessible on-line, though we also add new data. At the moment, data for about 1200 stars are available, but they are not complete yet.
AAVSO published minima data are available here in electronic form, by kind permission.
BBSAG data are available here, too.

We plan to merge data from other sources.

Data search

Please feel free to send any comments or suggestions related to the database. We plan to make it possible to get all the data by ftp as a file. If you have a preferred format for such file please email us about it and we'll try to prepar it for you.

You can also access the Cracow data through the Besancon Multiple Stars Database.

Every year, light elements and ephemerides of eclipsing binaries based on these data are published in the "Rocznik Astronomiczny Obserwatorium Krakowskiego".