Two new Blazhko stars: XZ UMi and VX Scl

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Authors	SKARKA Marek DOLINSKÝ Jakub JURYŠEK Jakub HOŇKOVÁ Kateřina MAŠEK Martin LIŠKA Jiří ZEJDA Miloslav
Year of publication	2016
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Information Bulletin on Variable Stars
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Web	http://www.konkoly.hu/cgi-bin/IBVS?6160
Field	Astronomy and astrophysics
Keywords	RR Lyr; Blazhko effect
Description	A brief report about a discovery of modulation in two RRab Lyrae stars XZ UMi and VX Scl is presented. The suspicion of modulation comes from our observations, but the modulation periods (41.1 d for XZ UMi and 67.3 d for VX Scl) were estimated based on the analysis of NSVS (XZ UMi) and SuperWASP data (VX Scl). Both stars show indications of period change. The peaks close to the basic pulsation frequency of VX Scl could be the signs of possible double modulation.
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