COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
        INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                     Number 814

	                              Konkoly Observatory
        	                      Budapest
                	              1973 July 23

      PHOTOELECTRIC OBSERVATIONS OF PLEIONE (BU TAU)
                  IN 1972-1973

During the period from August 1972 to March 1973 photoelectric 
UBV observations of the well-known shell variable
Pleione (BU Tau) were continued at the Crimea Station of the
Sternberg Astronomical Institute. Results of our observations
are given in the Table.

J.D.2441     U      B      V    J.D.2441     U      B      V
548.570    4.87   5.18   5.26   599.437    4.91   5.28   5.31
550.580    4.91   5.21   5.25   605.455    4.94   5.27   5.30
558.525    4.89   5.26   5.31   629.431    4.91   5.33   5.32
569.461    4.91   5.27   5.31   665.226    4.90   5.28   5.30
571.440    4.89   5.26   5.30   685.362    4.92   5.28   5.31
578.587    4.92   5.30   5.33   719.183    4.91   5.28   5.34
596.443    4.89   5.27   5.32   730.316    4.94   5.29   5.33
597.588    4.93   5.28   5.31   749.307    4.95   5.30   5.33
598.599    4.91   5.25   5.30   770.217    4.94   5.30   5.32

The UBV light curves of the star from October 1971 (A.S.
Sharov, V.M. Lyutiy, IBVS 698 and Variable Stars 18, 377, 1972)
to March 1973 are shown in the Figure. Last months the star
was in the minimum of brightness that is connected with a new
shell episode.
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow

                                   V.M. LYUTIY
                                   A.S. SHAROV


                         [FIGURE 1]