An Examination of the Period of V1828 Sagittarii

Volume 18 number 2 (1989)

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Nancy J. Chanover
Maria Mitchell Observatory,

Abstract

V1828 Sgr, a 13-day Population I Cepheid was re-examined to ascertain whether its period changes are gradual or abrupt. A parabolic, or gradual, representation of the period decrease is favored. The rate of change is -0.00309 cycle per century.