BVR photometry of a newly identified RS CVn binary star HD 61396

BVR photometry of a recently identified RS CVn binary star HD61396, carried out during 2001, is presented. The new photometry reveal significant evolution in the shape and amplitude of light curve when compared with those reported earlier by Padmakar etal (2000). The traditional two-starspot model has been used to obtain the spot parameters from the observed light curve. Changes in the spot area and their location on the stellar surface are discernible from the extracted parameters from the new photometry.Comment: 9 pages including 2 figures and 2 tables. New Astronomy in pres