I have mentioned in the past couple of podcasts how important the Goodricke and Pigott era for variable star astronomy was. After Goodricke’s death Pigott was distraught and moved from York to the city of bath. But he did not give up his astronomy work.
In 1795 while observing the small constellation of Corona Borealis he discovered yet another new class of variable star. This would be the prototype example of the R Corona Borealis type stars.