[vsnet-alert 3674] Re: Variability of sao142956

[bas@mailhost.lowell.edu (Brian Skiff)]

     SAO 142596 (which is perhaps better designated HD 176948) appears to
be a fairly red star, so it is not surprising to notice some variation.
Do remember, however, the tricks one's eyes can play on you in the apparent
brightness of red stars.  I will note, on the other hand, that the Tycho
photometry for the star indicates a range of about 0.25 mag., so it might
be the case that the star is slightly variable.  If so, the variations are
most likely to be slow (few months timescale), and probably not an eclipsing
variable, as your note suggested.

\Brian

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