ASAS-SN Observations of the Pulsation of some R Coronae Borealis (RCB) Stars

Abstract

Photometry from the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN), along with the AAVSO VSTAR time-series analysis package has been used to study the pulsational properties of 31 R Coronae Borealis (RCB) stars. Periods have been derived for many of the stars, but the variability tends to be small and complex, occasionally multiperiodic, with noticeable variation in amplitude. As with other RCB stars, the periods are a few weeks.