Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
109: 977-981, 1997 September

                  CG Muscae: A Cataclysmic Misclassification

                               ANDREW C. LAYDEN

Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1090
                  Electronic mail: layden@astro.lsa.umich.edu

                               STEFANIE WACHTER

    Department of Astronomy, Box 351580, University of Washington, Seattle,
                             Washington 98195-1580
                 Electronic mail: wachter@astro.washington.edu

     Abstract: We have obtained extensive photometry of the suspected
     cataclysmic variable CG Muscae, and find that it is in fact an RR
     Lyrae star. We measure its light curve parameters and derive physical
     parameters including metal abundance, reddening, and distance. We also
     have discovered three new variables in the nearby field. We suspect
     that two are contact binary stars, while the third is too faint to
     determine its variability type with certainty. (c)Astronomical Society
     of the Pacific