COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
           INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                        Number 3412

	  				  Konkoly Observatory
					  Budapest
					  29 December 1989

					  HU ISSN 0374 - 0676

  	        THE PERIOD OF GAMMA DORADUS

  Recent observations made by F. Marang and F. van Wyk at the
Sutherland Observatory show conclusively that the period (or
half-period) of Gamma Doradus is close to 0.70 days. While the
mean light curve is sinusoidal with an amplitude of about 0.05
mag, individual curves have amplitudes varying from 0.03 to 0.08
mag, making it difficult to find and refine the period.
  This star has frequently been observed here in the past and
those observations should be useful for refining the period when
the annual aliases can be resolved. Details will be published
elsewhere.

A.W.J. COUSINS
J.A.R. CALDWELL
J.W. MENZIES

South African Astronomical
Observatory, P.O. Box 9,
Observatory, 7935, South Africa