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Beta Persei

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Beta Persei (bā`tə pûr`sēī'): see Algol Algol , famous variable star in the constellation Perseus; Bayer designation β Persei; 1992 position R.A. 3h07.7m, Dec. +40°55'. Algol's variation in apparent magnitude, from 2.06 to 3.
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Mercedes Richards and her colleagues from Pennsylvania State University in State College recorded radio waves from flares spewing from two nearby star systems, Beta Persei and V711 Tauri.
But the technique was used so successfully with the rings of Saturn that it is being tried twice at Uranus -- first for about four hours, when the star Sigma Sagittarii (Nunki) will be occulted by the two outermost rings, and later by the star Beta Persei (Algol), whose track will encompass all nine.
 
 
 
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