New Observations of the Am Star BP Octantis

Volume 42 number 1 (2014)

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Terry T. Moon

Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA), School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; texmoon0@gmail.com

John L. Innis

Brightwater Observatory, 280 Brightwater Road, Howden, Tasmania 7054, Australia; jlinnis@gmail.com

Abstract

New observations are presented and analyzed for the Am star BP Oct. While a previously reported period of ~ 3 days cannot be unequivocally confirmed or dismissed, evidence is mounting that BP Oct is a binary and thus typical of Am stars. As light variations reported for BP Oct are no more than 0.03 magnitude, attempts to confirm or dismiss such variations remain challenging.