[vsnet-chat 2978] RE: [vsnet 2012] EsB365 observations and request

[Sebasti若n Otero <varsao@fullzero.com.ar>]

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From: Brian Skiff <bas@lowell.edu>
To: <dave@telf-ast.demon.co.uk>
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Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 3:48 PM
Subject: [vsnet-chat 2971] Re: [vsnet 2012] EsB365 observations and request


>      Although Es.-B. 365 could go through dimming episodes like V Hya, for
> instance, RCB stars are more typically rather hotter (G type), and are not
> red outside of these events.  This star of course is an extremely red
carbon
> star, and is most likely to be either a slow variable of modest amplitude
> (Lb in GCVS parlance) or perhaps a semiregular.  Feel free (even
encouraged)
> to prove me wrong!
>
> \Brian

I totally agree with you about the classification and the color comments.
RCB's are supergiants supposedly created from the coalescence of two white
dwarfs and very red carbon stars are red giants, so I don't think this one
is an RCB.  But let me tell you that I won't feel sad if it decides to fades
8 magnitudes some day...

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