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Historical light-curve and the 2016 outburst of the symbiotic star StHa 169

2005-2016 lightcurve of the symbiotic star StHα 169 based on the data from BVRcIc optical photometry is presented, From 2016 the object is in outburst. Harvard photometric plate archive has been searched for historical data on StHα 169. The corresponding historical lightcurve is presented for time span 1897 - 1951. It is characterized by a series of brightenings superimposed to general declines in star brightness that affected StHα 169 untill 1916.

symbiotic stars ; stellar photometry

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