HR Aurigae: An Active Binary ?

Authors

Charles G. Loomis, NASAIGoddard Space Flight Center
Edward G. Schmidt, University of Nebraska at LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

12-1989

Comments

Published in THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 347: L77-L79 (December 15, 1989). Published by The American Astronomical Society.

Abstract

Photometric and spectral observations of the variable star HR Aurigae are presented. Based on these data we conclude that this star, previously regarded as a type II Cepheid, is, in fact, an active binary.