Variable Intensities of Molecular Features in the Spectrum of AE Aur

Abstract

Using spectra of the star AE Aur (HD 34078), covering the period 1997-2015, we suggest that two strong molecular features of CH and CH+ underwent detectable changes of intensity. In the last five years both CH and CH+ declined sharply and systematically, with the CH/CH+ ratio steadily growing. No variations in the radial velocities of the observed interstellar features was detected during the covered period. <P /