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V3821 Sgr and a Nearby Carbon Star

Volume 20 number 1 (1991)

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Dorrit Hoffleit
Yale University, Department of Astronomy, New Haven, CT 06520

Abstract

Star No. 4007 in Stephenson's Catalogue of Cool Galactic Carbon Stars is close to V3821 Spr. The question has been raised, are they the same star? No: the two are separated by 76 seconds of arc. A provisional period for V3821 Sgr has been determined.