COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
       INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                   NUMBER 587

                             Konkoly Observatory
                             Budapest
                             1971 October 19



   Veroffentlichungen der Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg
Astronomisches Institut der Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg
               Band VIII, Nr. 98
           Florida Contribution Nr. 28


         ELEMENTS FOR TWO BAMBERG VARIABLES


      The derivation of periods of variable stars from
sky patrol plates can lead to spurious periods due either
to insufficient data to obtain a unique period or the
distribution of exposure times as a result of observing
conditions. One such example would appear to be BV 626.
Although the originally published elements were that of a
Cepheid with a period of 6.61d (IBVS Nr. 100), it has recently
been suggested by J. GRAHAM (private communication) that the
star may have a much shorter period. With a larger number
of sky patrol plates from the Southern Station of the Remeis
Observatory Bamberg at the Boyden Observatory, South Africa
and from the Southern Station of the University of Florida
Gainesville at the Mount-John-Observatory, New Zealand, the
following elements have been found:              

BV 626 = CoD -28d0307 (10m)

        Min = JD 244 0553.285 + 0.463 113d . E


Maxima               E           O-C
-------------------------------------
2438297.452(1/2)   -4871       -0.010
8621.566           -4171       -0.054
8641.494           -4128       -0.061
8707.347(1/2)      -3985       +0.067
8728.274(1/2)      -3941       +0.117
8979.598(1/2)      -3398       -0.029
9006.504           -3340       +0.016
9383.463(1/2)      -2526       +0.001
9389.458           -2513       -0.024
9435.307           -2414       -0.023
9436.309(1/2)      -2412       +0.052
9442.319(1/2)      -2399       +0.042
9443.316(1/2)      -2397       +0.113
9767.436(1/2)      -1697       +0.054
2440527.347        - 56        -0.004
0554.277(1/2)      + 2         +0.066
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Ampl. 0.85m;  RR Lyrae



BV 1481 = CoD -23d0737(7.5m) = CAP -23d0227(6.2m) = HD 12180 F_2
           Min = JD 244 0566.652 + 0.733 282d . E



         Minima            E         O-C
-----------------------------------------
      2438369.313(1/4)  -2996.5    -0.059
         8728.319       -2507.0    +0.005
         8995.594(3/4)  -2142.5    -0.001
         9006.549(3/4)  -2127.5    -0.045
         9060.417(1/2)  -2054.0    -0.073
         9361.579(1/4)  -1643.5    +0.076
         9383.507(3/4)  -1613.5    +0.006
         9404.392       -1585.0    -0.007
         9414.367(1/4)  -1571.5    +0.067
         9444.359(3/4)  -1530.5    -0.005
         9761.491       -1098.0    -0.018
         9768.483(1/2)  -1088.5    +0.009
         9771.463(1/2)  -1084.5    +0.055
         0526.391(1/4)  -  55.0    +0.070
         0530.392(1/2)  -  49.5    +0.038
         0566.285       -   0.5    +0.000
-----------------------------------------
Amplitude 0.5m with a deep secondary minimum, EB


                         R. BLOOMER
                     Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg
                     and University of Florida
                         Gainesville