>> ...an F0 star...which indeed the Henry Draper >> catalogue claims it is. Also given as type A3 by Kostyakova in 1969AbaOB..38...19K. Given the modest B-V color as explained by John Greaves, but also the apparently very large 2MASS J-K of 1.6, suggesting instead a very red star, it looks to me as though this must be some sort of pre-main-sequence object with a large IR excess. I note also (in case it hasn't been already), that the TASS MkIII catalogue shows V = 11.6 +/- 0.4 (presumably from the variability), and V-I = 1.0 (+/- 0.4, presumably for the same reason). Also, the IRAS 12- and 25-micron fluxes are similar, suggesting some sort of warm cloud around the star (no detections at 60 or 100-microns). "More data are required..." B-) \Brian
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