COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
         INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                     Number 1969

                                  Konkoly Observatory
                                  Budapest
                                  1981 May 25

                                  HU ISSN 0374-0676


           ECLIPSE TIMINGS OF STEPANIAN'S STAR


   Stepanian's Star has been observed at the Cloudcroft Observatory
using its high-speed photometric system. We report eight eclipse
timings and give an ephemeris resulting from these and the eclipse
timing reported by Horne et al. (1980 IAU #3462).

                                    
           Pri Min_hel = 2444293.0236 + .158432d
                                +-  3   +-    1
    Min_hel     (O-C)
    2444000.+    Days
     
    312.9858   -.0003
    316.9462   -.0007
    320.9069   -.0008
    343.7227    .0008
    344.8306   -.0004
    346.8913    .0007
    372.7152    .0001
    396.7965   -.0003

A more detailed discussion of these observations will be given in a
later paper.




                   JOHN L. AFRICANO and A. KLIMKE
                   Box 225                                             
                   Cloudcroft Observatory
                   Cloudcroft, NM 88317