2022MNRAS.509.1912O

We present light-curve analyses of two newly identified detached eclipsing binaries, namely HD 96609 and HD 303734, in the region of the richly populated open cluster NGC 3532. HD 96609 is composed of two main sequence stars (B9-A0V + A2V) with masses and radii of M₁ = 2.66 ± 0.02 M_☉, M₂ = 1.84 ± 0.01 M_☉, R₁ = 2.740 ± 0.006 R_☉, and R₂ = 1.697 ± 0.005 R_☉. The positions of the components on logM - logR plane suggest log(age/yr) 8.55, corresponding 350 ± 40 Myr of age, which agrees with the 300 ± 100 Myr age of NGC 3532 estimated in previous studies. We find the distance of HD 96609 as 460 ± 17 pc, which is consistent with the 484⁺³⁵_–30 pc distance of NGC 3532, estimated from Gaia parallaxes. HD 303734 is an interesting totally eclipsing binary with a quite shallow secondary eclipse. Using photometric properties of the system in conjunction with theoretical calibrations, we estimate that HD 303734 consists of A6V + K3V components. HD 96609 and HD 303734 are the second and third eclipsing binaries discovered in the region of NGC 3532, after the first one, GV Car.