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R Scuti is a variable star which, for over a century, has shown episodes of RV Tauri-type behaviour, together with significant spectral variations that appear to be associated with its brightness. This paper examines the photometric data amassed by the BAA and the AFOEV, and finds periods of nominally 71 and 142 days.

In this study we examine a lunar dome identified using Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera Wide-angle Camera (LROC WAC) images, Selene-1 (Kaguya) and Clementine multispectral data, the Chandrayaan-1’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3), and the LROC WAC-based GLD100 DTM.

The symbiotic star AG Draconis experienced a double-peaked outburst of 0.6 magnitudes in 2016 April and May. Photometry and spectroscopy through the outburst showed the B-V colour index varying linearly with the V magnitude and enabled the temperature variation of the hot star to be calculated from the changing flux in the Hb and He II 4686Å emission lines.