COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
          INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                      Number 2574

                                          Konkoly Observatory
                                          Budapest
                                          21 August 1984

                                          HU ISSN 0374-0676

                 HD 126200 - A SUSPECTED ECLIPSING BINARY ?

  The star HD 126200 (=BD + 8d 2857) has now been listed by Kukarkin et al.
(1982) as a suspected eclipsing binary of Algol type with a variation of
0.5 magnitude based on the findings of Sandig (1951). Hirschfeld and Sinnott
(1982) have listed its magnitude, colour, radial velocity and spectral type.
No other information about the star is available in the literature.
  We have observed this star for a total duration of about eighty hours
spread over two nights in 1967, eighteen nights in 1968 and two nights in
1970 through U, B and V filters of Johnson and Morgan system, mostly
through the 52-cm reflector and on only two nights through the 56-cm
reflector of the Uttar Pradesh State Observatory, Naini Tal, using standard
d.c. techniques. HD 126676 (=BD + 9d 2890) and HD 125608 (=BD + 9d 2878) were
taken as comparison stars. HD 125608 was observed on only two nights
along with the other two stars. Our observations of individual nights do not
show any noticeable variations in U, B or V magnitudes. Therefore, we
conclude that HD 126200 is not an eclipsing binary star. The average colour
and magnitude of these stars based on eleven nights of observations, on
which standard stars were also observed, are listed in Table I along with
their right ascension, declination and spectral type (Hirshfeld and
Sinnott, 1982).
                                      Table I.
Star        alpha 2000      delta 2000     V         B-V    U-B     Sp.
HD 126200   14h24m00.58s   +8d14'37"      5.80m     +0.03m  0.12m   A0
                                        +-0.18m    +-0.09 +-0.28m
HD 126676   14 26 47.3     +8 22 55       7.56       0.00  +0.02   A0 V
                                        +-0.16     +-0.06 +-0.12
HD 125608   14 20 20.8     +8 34 56       7.29      +0.98  +0.42   G5 IV

  The participation during the observations by Messrs R.K. Srivastava and
G.S.D. Babu is thankfully acknowledged.


                J.B. SRIVASTAVA and C.D. KANDPAL
                Uttar Pradesh State Observatory
                Manora Peak, Naini Tal - 263129,
                            India.

References:
Hirshfeld, A. and Sinnott, R.W.: 1982, Sky catalogue 2000.0, Vol. 1,
    Stars to Magnitude 8.0. [BIBCODE 1982skca.book.....H ]
Kukarkin, B.V., Kholopov, P.N., Artiukhina, N.M., Fedorovich, V.P., Frolov,
    M.S., Goranskij, V.P., Gorynya, N.A., Karitskaya, E.A., Kireeva, N.N.,
    Kukarkina, N.P., Kurochkin, N.E., Medvedeva, G.I., Perova, N.B.,
    Ponomareva, G.A., Samus, N.N., Shugarov, S.Yu.: 1982, New Catalogue
    of Suspected Variable Stars, Nauka, Moscow.
Sandig, H.U.: 1951, Astr, Nachr., 279, 159. [BIBCODE 1951AN....279..159S ]