Bibcode
González Pérez, J. M.; Solheim, J.-E.; Dorokhova, T. N.; Dorokhov, N. I.
Bibliographical reference
Baltic Astronomy, v.12, p.125-138.
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2003
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Description
We present a study over three single-site campaigns to investigate the
photometric behaviour of the PNN NGC 246. We observed this object in
2000 and 2001. The analysis of the light curves indicates complex and
variable temporal spectra. Using wavelet analysis we have found
evidences for changes on time scales of hours in the 2000 dataset. The
temporal spectra obtained during 2001 are quite different from the
results of the previous year. The modulations in the light curve are
more noticeable and the temporal spectra present a higher number of
modulation frequencies. One peculiar characteristic is the presence of
a variable harmonic structure related to one of these modulation
frequencies. This complex photometric behaviour may be explained by a
more complicated unresolved combination of modulation frequencies, but
more likely due to a combination of pulsations of the star plus
modulations related to interaction with a close companion, maybe
indicating a disc. However, these characteristics cannot be confirmed
from single site observations. The complex and variable behaviour of
NGC 246 needs the WET co-operation in order to completely resolve its
light curve.