Light Curves

Here is a small selection of light curves for some of my favourite variable stars!  Most of the plots only go back as far as 1990, which is when I began to record the observations in an electronic format.   I eventually hope to have all my data (back to 1975) entered onto the PC, which will extend the light curves considerably....but it's a long, slow process!

These light curves were last updated on August 1st 2008

* mru= most recent update

Range.  Where possible I have used my own observations for the range of the Variable (visual range) other than that listed in the GCVS, which often  gives a 'B' or 'P' value, or an extreme range which is often confusing and sometimes just plain wrong!

Object	Type	Range	mru
3C 66A	AGN	13.5-16.0v	*
3C 382	AGN	12.5-14.5v	*
Z And	ZAND	8.5-11.0v	*
DX And	UG	10.5-15.5v	*
V455 And (HS2331+3905)	UGWZ	8.8-16.6	*
EV Aqr	M?	11.0-14.0v
ES Aql	RCB	11.5-15.5	*
V1413 Aql	ZAND+E	10.6-15.1v	*
V1419 Aql	N (Nova Aql 1993)	7.0-<15.0v
V1425 Aql	N (Nova Aql 1995)	8.0-<16.0v
V1493 Aql	N (Nova Aql 1999)	10.0-<16.0v
V1494 Aql	N (Nova Aql 1999 #2)	4.0-<15.0v
V1548 Aql	N (Nova Aql 2001)	10.8-180V
V1663 Aql	N (Nova Aql 2005)	11.2-<16.3
Novae 1986-2000
KR Aur	VY?  Unique!	11.3-<17.6p
CR Boo	HDN	13.3-<16.0v	*
Z Cam	UGZ	10.0-14.5v
BY Cam	AM	14.0-15.7v
BZ Cam	NL	12.0-14.0	*
CG Cam	RCB?	13.0-14.5v	*
DW Cnc	IP	14.0-<15.5v
HT Cas (Eclipses)	UG+E	12.6-19.0V
V635 Cas	XN	14.0-15.7v	*
V705 Cas	N (Nova Cas 1993)	5.0-<16.3v
V723 Cas	N (Nova Cas 1995)	8.0-	*
W Com	AGN	13.0-16.0v	*
R CrB	RCB	5.5-14.0v	*
AP CrB	AM	16.5-17.5	*
Chi Cyg	M	4.0-15.0v	*
Q Cyg	N (Nova Cyg 1876)	3.0-15.8v	*
EM Cyg (Eclipses)	UGZ+E	11.9-14.4v
CH Cyg	ZAND	5.5-11.0v	*
V482 Cyg	RCB	10.5-15.0v	*
V751 Cyg	VY	13.6-<16.4v	*
Field star near to V1316 Cyg	?	14.3-15.5v
V1329 Cyg	E+NC	12.4-14.3v	*
V1363 Cyg	VY?	14.5-<16.3v	*
V1819 Cyg	N (Nova Cyg 1986)	10.5-<15.6v
V1974 Cyg	N (Nova Cyg 1992)	4.2-<16.2v
V2274 Cyg	N (Nova Cyg 2001)	11.5-<16.5v
V2275 Cyg	N (Nova Cyg 2001#2)	7.5-<16.5v
V2362 Cyg	N (Nova Cyg 2006)	8.2-
V2467 Cyg	N (Nova Cyg 2007)	6.5-	*
EX Dra (Eclipses)	UG+E	12.0-15.5v
AM Her	AM	12.5-15.6v	*
V884 Her	AM	14.5 - ?	*
DO Dra	IP	10.0-16.0v	*
DQ Her (Eclipses)	IP+E	14.0-14.5v
YY Her	ZAND	11.7-14.0v	*
V838 Her	N (Nova Her 1991)	5.0-<15.0v
BL Lac	AGN	12.5-16.0v	*
GW Lib	UGWZ	7.0-
HR Lyr	N (Nova Lyr 1919)	6.5-15.8B	*
MV Lyr	VY	12.2-<16.6v	*
Markarian 421	AGN	12.5-14.3v	*
RS Oph	NR	6.5-12.8v	*
OJ 287	AGN	14.0-<16.6v
IP Peg (Eclipses)	UG+E	12.0-<16.0v
AX Per	ZAND	10.2-12.7v	*
DY Per	RCB	10.5-15.8v	*
LX Ser	VY+E	14.4-<16.3v	*
V Sge	NL+E	9.5-13.5v	*
FG Sge	Unique	9.0-<16.5
SV Sge	RCB	10.3-<16.0	*
WZ Sge	UGWZ	8.0-15.5v
V5558 Sgr	Nova Sgr 2007	6.3-?
S50716+71	AGN	12.0-15.0v	*
Supernovae (Various)
TASV J1835+383	?	13.5-14.7v
SU Tau	RCB	9.5-<16.6v
DV UMa (Eclipses)	UGSU+E	14.2-<16.0v
Z UMi	RCB	10.6-16.5v	*
QQ Vul	AM	14.2-<17.5	*
RZ Vul	NL? - ZAND?	11.3-14.8v	*
V458 Vul	Nova Vul 2007	8.0- ?
MisV0814	?	13.8-14.7v
MisV1147 (V730 Cep)	Herbig Ae/Be	12.7-15.8v	*
NSV 7883	?	11.8-14.5v	*
NSV 24505	?	10.9-12.8v
IRAS 21443+4329	M	12.4-<16.3v
SDSSpJ155644.24-000950.2	UGSU	12.0-19.5
SDSSpJ161332.56-000331.0	UG	15.0-19.0
1RXSJ053234.9+624755	UGSU	14.0-<15.4v

Light curves produced from MS Excel and PLOTVAR plotting program, written by Dave McAdam.

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