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Three colour observations of southern red variable giant stars
UBV observations have been made of southern red variables of varioustypes over a period of two years. Accurate light curves of about 35variables have been obtained; in many cases the observations coveredmore than one cycle. It appears that the M-type SRb and Lb variablesdefine a curved strip in the (B-V)-(U-B) plane. The mean (U-B) of thevariable stars is about 0.5 mag bluer than the (U-B) of the nonvariableK-type giants. The red variables may be divided into different groups:the carbon stars and the M-type variables, of which the M-type stars areagain to be divided into three groups on the basis of their colorvariations and consequently their loops in the two-color plane.
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| Constellation: | Centaurus |
| Right ascension: | 14h01m18.39s |
| Declination: | -57°13'43.2" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 7.041 |
| Distance: | 1234.568 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | -5.5 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -2.2 |
| B-T magnitude: | 9.39 |
| V-T magnitude: | 7.235 |
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