COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
         INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                     Number 2106

                                 Konkoly Observatory
                                 Budapest
                                 1982 March 12

                                 HU ISSN 0374-0676



      HD 65227: A NEW SHORT PERIOD CEPHEID OF

            VERY SMALL AMPLITUDE



    The spectral type of HD 65227 is given as F8 II by
Stephenson and Sanduleak (1971, LSS 878). In a program of
intermediate band and Hbeta photometry of known supergiants



                                Table I

                        Observations of HD 65227


   244       Ph.        V     b-y      M_1           C_1     beta
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
4304.651   0.000p     8.59m  0.459m   0.168m        1.048m   2.674m
4620.712   0.033      8.60   0.460    0.176         1.057    2.672
4625.684   0.056      8.60   0.467    0.172         1.055    2.671
4936.822   0.076      8.64   0.457    0.182         1.049    2.662
4363.488   0.106      8.61   0.470    0.125         1.031    2.663
5019.667   0.123      8.63   0.484    0.162         1.045    2.656
4601.771   0.136      8.63   0.473    0.176         1.027    2.659
4344.542   0.208      8.67   0.485    0.178         1.015    2.659
4621.684   0.233      8.67   0.495    0.178         1.012    2.655
4932.818   0.252      8.69   0.492    0.177         1.006    2.660
4626.655   0.256      8.69   0.498    0.182         1.003    2.661
4670.648   0.308      8.74   0.501    0.187         0.981    2.649
4602.739   0.335      8.73   0.504    0.182         0.963    2.648
4622.693   0.440      8.78   0.522    0.196         0.928    2.649
4933.822   0.459      8.78   0.526    0.186         0.934    2.647
4627.651   0.461      8.82   0.531    0.198         0.933    2.645
4671.565   0.497      8.82   0.527    0.196         0.910    2.646
4365.592   0.519      8.83   0.526    0.208         0.888    2.629
4623.700   0.648      8.79   0.516    0.201         0.901    2.643
4934.818   0.664      8.79   0.526    0.197         0.915    2.648
4672.565   0.703      8.80   0.527    0.188         0.916    2.636
4361.542   0.706      8.79   0.532    0.175         0.903    2.638
4366.503   0.727      8.79   0.523    0.177         0.934    2.647
4935.829   0.872      8.72   0.490    0.174         0.996    2.658
4529.707   0.884      8.66   0.486    0.167         1.009    2.667
4673.537   0.902      8.64   0.471    0.172         1.023    2.676

this star was found to vary with the small visual amplitude
of 0.2 mag. The observations are listed in Table I, where
the phases are from the elements Max. = JD 2444304.651 +-
4.8600d. The light and color curves are shown in Figure 1.

                   [FIGURE 1]

The star will be discussed in more detail elsewhere in
connection with other short period cepheids.





                   OLIN J. EGGEN    *
         Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
                  La Serena, Chile





Reference:


Stephenson, C.B. and Sanduleak, N. 1971, Pub. Warner and
    Swasey Obs. Vol. 1, No. 1. [BIBCODE 1971PW&SO...1a...1S ]





*
 Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory is supported by
the National Science Foundation under contract No. AST 78-27879.