COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
         INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                     NUMBER 763

                                   Konkoly Observatory
                                   Budapest
                                   1973 February 1


                                    
         SY FORNACIS - NO U GEMINORUM STAR



By Dr. B. Warner my attention was drawn to SY For, which
according to the data of the GCVS 1969 should be one of
the brightest objects of U Gem type.
In reality, however, the object is most probably a semiregular 
reddish variable star of a cycle length of 50 to 60
days. This result was obtained by estimating some 130 patrol 
exposures of the Sonneberg collection, mostly of the
seasons of 1936, 1937 and 1952/53. The light curve is wave
shaped with an amplitude of roughly 1.5 mag.




Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR
Zentralinstitut fur Astrophysik
    Sternwarte Sonneberg                           W. WENZEL