The brightness of HD 36678 is suspected of being variable.
Hipparcos photometry showed maximum and minimum
apparent magnitudes of 5.806 and 5.855 respectively, in the Hipparcos
photometric band.[6] No period was found, the variability has not been confirmed, and the star is not formally listed as a variable star.[9]
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doi:
10.1051/0004-6361/201935765.
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2009yCat....102025S.