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Unusual behaviour of W TAU

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puj
Affiliation
Madrid Astronomical Association M1 (Spain) (AAM)
Sat, 04/21/2018 - 14:38

I observed the last couple of months visually W TAU and it seems that the variation in brightness is minimum staying close at M=11.According to John Percy it seems that this star has reduced dramatically its variability in the last times.Would please someone confirm this statement ??.

In my opinion  this behaviour did not happen some time ago ??.

Best repards.

PUJ

CTX
Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Sat, 04/21/2018 - 18:56
Check The :Light Curve

Suggest examing the light curve generator; try plotting ~ 5,000 days, for both Visual and V filter and then try extending the time period to maybe double that.

https://www.aavso.org/lcg

Well, as they say:  A picture is worth a 1000 words

Ad Astra

Tim