UBVRI photometry of Betelgeuse over 23 years since 1999
arXiv:2211.04512 · doi:10.5817/OEJV2022-0233
Abstract
We report the results of our continuous UBVRI-band photometry of Betelgeuse from 1999 to 2022 using the same photometric system. There are two advantages in our observation: (1) we used a photodiode as a detector to avoid saturation, and (2) our data set includes U-band light curve, which is not widely observed in recent CCD photometries. Using our light curves, we conducted the periodicity analysis, and found ~405- and ~2160-day periods. We also discuss the tentative detection of a long-period variation over 20 years or longer. Finally, we discuss the peculiar variation of the U-B color index during the "Great Dimming" event between late 2019 and early 2020.
29 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables. Published in OEJV. Full tables available as table1.dat and table2.dat
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