THREE NEW RED VARIABLES IN AURIGA
Maciejewski, G., Niedzielski, A.
July 21, 2003
GSC 02907-00779
is identified in Simbad database as a carbon star and an
infra-red source
IRAS 05063+4416
also known as IRC +40116. According to TYCHO-2 Catalogue GSC
02907-00779 is a V=10.49 magnitude star with (B-V)=1.378. IRAS data indicate 39 percent likelihood
of variability of the source in the far infra-red. Our photometric measurements show its variability in the
optical. GSC 02907-00779 was observed during 29 night between November 6, 2002 and April 24, 2003.
210 data points were collected in total. HD 32948, HD 33878 and HD 33532 were used as comparison stars.
GSC 02907-00779 varied its brightness during the time covered
by observations with an amplitude of 0.5 mag. During first 120 days the star slowly increased its
brightness. Near HJD 2452701 the sudden brightness incensement reaching in next 9 days a maximum
with 10.0 mag was observed. Then the light-drop phase began. The variability of GSC 02907-00779
is apparently irregular.
The coordinates of
GSC 02904-00834
coincide with those of an infra-red source
IRAS 05100+4233.
According to TYCHO-2 this is a V=10.48 and (B-V)=1.121 star. IRAS variability likelihood is only
3 percent, but our photometric data clearly show variability of the star. The observations
were obtained during 25 nights between December 10, 2002 and April 20, 2003. 158 single brightness
measurements were collected with HD 33785, HD 33896, HD 33168, HD 33411 and HD 33911 as comparison
stars. GSC 02904-00834 varied its brightness irregularly with a total amplitude of 0.45 mag. Near
HJD 2452708 we observed a brightness drop followed by a sudden light incensement with maximum at
10.25 near HJD 2452736.
According to TYCHO-2 GSC 02908-00024
is a V=9.99 star with (B-V)=1.442. It coincides with an
infra-red source
IRAS 05123+4354.
The IRAS variability likelihood of the source is high: 92 percent.
GSC 02908-00024 was observed during 29 night between November 6, 2002 and April 24, 2003. 213 data
points were collected in total (comparison stars: HD 32948, HD 33878 and HD 33532). Our data
show that GSC 02908-00024 is most probably a variable star of semiregular type with an
amplitude of about 0.52 magnitudes.
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