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[vsnet-obs 5882] AR Pav
- Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 11:06:48 +0900 (JST)
- To: vsnet-obs
- From: Taichi Kato <tkato>
- Subject: [vsnet-obs 5882] AR Pav
- Cc: lagmonar@csir.co.za
- Sender: owner-vsnet-obs@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Berto Monard wrote in [vsnet-obs 5873]:
(http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/Mail/vsnet-obs/msg05873.html)
> AR Pav's present brightness at magnitude 11.3 is similar to before
> its excursion through a maximum around 10.1 (as a result of high
> activity (presumably) in '96) and a minimum near 13 (as a result of
> an eclipse during early '97).
> Will it again stay at 11.3 for the next couple of years???
This feature may be a result of a (possible) reflection effect in
outbursting eclipsing symbiotic variables. The northern counterpart,
AX Per, showed the same kind of activity pattern during its active state
starting in late 1987. It would be probably interesting to see whether
AR Pav become bright again around the binary phase 0.5.
Regards,
Taichi Kato