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A Revision and Update for V1176 Sagittarii

Volume 20 number 1 (1991)

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Holly Jessop
Maria Mitchell Observatory, Nantucket, MA 02554

Abstract

The period of V1176 Sagitarii decreases rapidly, at the rate of 1.36 x 10^-6 days per year.  Parabolic elements derived for 1957 to 1990 are: JD_max = 2441555.368 + 0.35480410 E - 7.0 x 10^-10 E^2.  Both the amplitude and the shape of the light curve change.