COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
         INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                     Number 1570

                                 Konkoly Observatory
                                 Budapest
                                 1979 March 19




    PHOTOMETRIC OBSERVATIONS OF THE OLD NOVA T AURIGAE


Photometric observations of the old nova T Aur have been carried
out at Asiago Astrophysical Observatory using a dual-channel
photometer with B filters and a time resolution of 10 seconds
for both the nova and the comparison. Two eclipses have been
observed on November 22 and 24, 1978.
     In the following table we give the heliocentric times of
mid-eclipse, the O-C values given with respect to the elements
obtained by Mumford (Ap.J. 210, 416, 1976) by linear interpolation, 
the eclipse duration and the variations of magnitude,
Delta m1 and Delta m2, which occurred between the eclipse-center and,
respectively, the phases immediately preceding and following it.


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JD hel.      O-C     T        Delta m_1  Delta m_2    
2443000+            (min.)
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835.4896   -0.0054   60        0.31      0.19
837.5331   -0.0060   41        0.24      0.24
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On November 22 we observed a bright shoulder preceding the eclipse
while on November 24 a "hump" following the eclipse was also
present.
A more detailed discussion of these observations will be given
in a forthcoming paper.





                         A. BIANCHINI
                       Osservatorio Astrofisico
                        Asiago (Vicenza)
                            Italy