[AAVSO-DIS] Honda's Variable

[arne]

messier wrote:

>Who has the scoop on this object, also apparently known as V1760 Cyg? I
>found precious little on the Internet. 
>
>Is it really a Mira? Who was Honda and why does it appear to be related to a
>'Nova 1980' (Simbad).
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As Jim Bedient mentions, V1760 Cyg is a Mira variable with a period
around 298 days, with photometry given in IBVS 1904 and spectroscopy
in IBVS 1918.  It peaked about V=9, but usually lives at V=13.  The
AAVSO has a chart for this Mira.
  Minoru Honda ran a photographic (Tri-X film) sky patrol from
Kurashiki, Japan for several years in the 1980's, discovering
several novae.  It was common in these "early days" to find Mira
variables mimicing novae since their V-magnitude amplitudes are
so large.  Many examples are given in the Living Catalogue of
Cataclysmic Variables (http://icarus.stsci.edu/~downes/cvcat/)
where they are marked as non-CV.
Arne