Abstract
Using our long-term \(UBVRIRcIc\) photometry and TESS data for the little-studied system V491 Vul ( \(V{{ = 9.97}^{m}}\) , \(P = {{7.67}^{d}}\) , \(e = 0.33\) , Sp 08 V + 09 V), the following absolute parameters: T1 = \(42\,300 \pm 1000\) K, \({{M}_{1}} = 17.6 \pm 2{\kern 1pt} {{M}_{ \odot }}\) , and \({{R}_{1}} = 5.7 \pm 0.2{\kern 1pt} {{R}_{ \odot }}\) , \({{T}_{2}} = 35\,900 \pm 1000\) K, M2 = 14.2 ± \(1.5{\kern 1pt} {{M}_{ \odot }}\) , and \({{R}_{2}} = 5.2 \pm 0.2{\kern 1pt} {{R}_{ \odot }}\) have been obtained for the first time, the apsidal period of \({{P}_{{{\text{aps}}}}} = 1048 \pm \) 11 years is very close to the theoretical value under the condition of synchronism. The photometric parallax of \(\pi =0.00053^{''} \) ( \(d = 1.89\) kpc) is somewhat higher than the value of Gaia DR3. The age of the system is estimated at 10 mln years.