COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
        INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                     NUMBER 434

                                Konkoly Observatory
                                Budapest
                                1970 April 28


		FLARE PHOTOMETRY OF UV CETI
		
Recent observations have been made from Boyden Observatory
 of UV Ceti over the period 6 - 11 th December 1969.
The 40 cm Nishimura Reflector was used for these
observations along with a Johnson B.Filter and a C02 cooled
E.M.I. type 6256 photomultiplier tube.
Over a monitoring time of 7h28m, seven flares were
recorded. These observations were undertaken as part of the
flare star program of the Department of Astronomy of the
University of the Orange Free State.


                        
                        
                                UV Ceti 

 Date    U.T.              Total   Flare   U.T. of   Duration  delta m
 Dec                       hours    No.     flare
                            per
                           night
   9   18h44m-19h50m       0h45m    1       19h09.5m  1.9m      0.66
  10   18 35 -22 02        3 27     2       19 50.7   1.5       0.64
                                    3       20 41.0   3.0       1.00
  11   18 42 -21 58        3 16     4       20 09.1   4.9       0.78
                                    5       20 23.3   2.2       0.60
                                    6       20 28.0   1.5       0.50
                                    7       21 14.5   8.5       1.58
                     Total 7h28

			[FIGURE 1]
			[FIGURE 2]
			[FIGURE 3]


                      A.H.JARRETT and J.P.EKSTEEN
                          Boyden Observatory
                        Department of Astronomy
                       University of the Orange
                             Free State
                            Bloemfontein
                         Rep. of South Africa