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A.E. Nadzhip, A.M. Tatarnikov, V.I. Shenavrin, G. Weigelt, and B.F. Yudin

Infrared observations of the star R Cas

Astronomy Letters 27, 324-327 (2001)


Abstract. We present our JHKLM photometry for R Cas performed during 1988-2000. The pulsation period of R Cas is P =429.6 days, with the maximum IR brightness lagging behind the maximum visual brightness by ~0.2 P. The amplitude of light variations appreciably decreases with increasing wavelength at lambda < 3µm. At lambda > 3µm, this decrease virtually ceases. There is a step on the ascending branch of IR JHK brightness. The K-L color index increases linearly with K magnitude: K-L = 0.304 K + 1.20. The color temperature dependence, TK-L = f(K), is also linear: TK-L = - 622K + 1100 K. In going from minimum to maximum, the K flux (as well as the bolometric flux) from the star and its color temperature TK-L increase by a factor of ~2.2 and ~1.3, respectively.

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