Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1994-12-20
Astron.Astrophys.299:557,1995
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
7 pages, l-aa LaTeX file + 4 appended figures in uuencoded .ps; To appear in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Postscript version of p
Scientific paper
We have analyzed Beta Pictoris photometric measurements obtained from La Silla by the Geneva Observatory from 1975 to 1992. These data show evidence of variations in the brightness of the star, with no color dependency. Here, we demonstrate that the light variations are present on long as well as on short time scales. On a long time scale, we show that the apparent magnitude of Beta Pic decreased by 0.011 +/- 0.004 mag from 1979 to 1982. Moreover, when we consider all the measurements, the chance that there is no variation at all can be estimated to be less than 10E-4. On short time scales there is a peculiar feature observed during about 30 days; the variations may be as high as 0.04 magnitude. A maximum entropy reconstruction of the photometric data is tentatively proposed and some physical interpretations are presented.
Deleuil Magali
des Etangs Alain Lecavelier
et al Vidal-Madjar A.
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