Two New Cool Variable Stars in the Field of NGC 659

摘要

From data taken in the course of a program to monitor variations in Ha emission by hot, massive stars, we report the incidental finding that the very red stars USNO-B1.0 1508-0065037 and USNO-B1.015070066512 are irregular variables with brightness ranges to date of 0.2 and 0.8 magnitude, respectively.