Two Irregular Variables in Scutum

Volume 7 number 2 (1978)

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Edward H. Morgan
Maria Mitchell Observatory,

Abstract

Analysis of the light curves of the two stars, XX Scui and FQ Scuti, have shown that both are irregular. FQ Scuti appears to have nova-like properties while XX Scuti resembles an R Coronae Borealis type star.