Is HR 1469 = NSV 1671 a Constant Star?

Volume 22 number 2 (1993)

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Arthur J. Bradley

Hubble Space Telescope Operations, Greenbelt, MD

Dorrit Hoffleit

Astronomy Department, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Imants Platais

Astronomy Department, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Abstract

A revised interpretation of the possible fade in brightness of star HR 1469 observed by the Hubble Space Telescope Fixed Head Star Trackers is given. Most likely HR 1469 was at a normal brightness on the reported epoch of observation.