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>> AI CMi in a **very** bright maximum: It was at V= 7.86 on May 10.
I note that the GCVS v4.1 shows photo-blue maximum of 8.8, and given
that the star has B-V ~1.5, and thus maximum of V ~7.3, it seems as though
it would have to be above V=7.0 (at least) to be considered out of range.
Also, the TASS MkIII photometry shows mean V=8.23 with rms scatter of 0.26,
so it's not even 1-sigma above the mean of the MkIII data.
This looks something like an RV Tauri star to me.
\Brian
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