Photoelectric Photometry and Further Discussions of V Cephei

Volume 17 number 2 (1988)

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Russell E. Milton
David B. Williams
Dorrit Hoffleit

Abstract

Photoelectric observations on 34 nights during a 428-day interval in 1986-87 indicate that V Cep and the comparision star HR 158 (NSV-235) were constant within +-0.02 magnitude. An explanation for the variability found by some visual observers is discussed.