COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
           INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                        Number 2513

                                              Konkoly Observatory
                                              Budapest
                                              2 May 1984

                                              HU ISSN 0374-0676


     THE PHOTOMETRIC BEHAVIOUR OF DR TAURI IN THE SEASON 1983/84

  The star was measured in B on the basis of the given sequence of comparison
stars (Gotz, 1982) on 36 plates (ORWO-ZU21 + GG13 + BG12) from 29 nights 
obtained with the 50/70/172 cm Schmidt camera of Sonneberg Observatory covering
the time interval between 1983 August 15 and 1984 March 23. The measurements and
the light curve, which is given in Figure 1, are used to complete and to 


                             [FIGURE 1]


supplement the already known behaviour (Gotz, 1980, 1982, 1983) of this star.
  In comparing the given light curve with that obtained in former years we
can state that DR Tauri has obviously retained its mean brightness. The
expectation that the amplitude of the star became smaller in the last seasons
could be confirmed.


                                W. GOTZ

                              Akademie der Wissenschaften
                              der DDR Zentralinstitut fur
                              Astrophysik, Sternwarte
                              Sonneberg

References:

Gotz, W., 1980, I.B.V.S. No. 1747
Gotz, W., 1982, I.B.V.S. No. 2172
Gotz, W., 1983, I.B.V.S. No. 2345