New Photometry of the Hyades $\delta$ Scuti star V777 Tau (71 Tau)

Abstract

71 Tau was discovered to be a $\delta$ Scuti star by Horan (1979, AJ 84, 1770). To our knowledge no other photometry of this star has been published. 71 Tau is the second brightest X-ray source in the Hyades and has been shown to be variable by as much as 30 \% at ultraviolet wavelengths near 1700 to 2000 Å. We find that the best two-frequency fit to the new photometry is obtained with $f_1$ = 5.485 and $f_2$ = 7.637 d${}^{-1}$, with amplitudes $A_1$ = 6.0 and $A_2$ = 3.4 mmag, respectively. However, one-day aliases of these frequencies {\em could} be the true values. (For $\delta$ Scuti stars pulsating radially the ratio of first overtone period to fundamental period is 0.773.) It would be useful to obtain more extensive data runs on this and other $\delta$ Scuti stars in the Hyades.

2 pages, Latex; uses IBVS.STY; 3 figures, available via Fax or ftp at ftp://ftp.jach.hawaii.edu/usr/local/ukirt/ftp/kevin ; to appear as Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, No. 4264