Cyclic Variability in Brightness of the Young Solar Analog BE Ceti

BE Cet is a young solar analog with an age of 0.6 Gyr and a rotation period of 7.655 days. According to chromospheric and photospheric indices, its activity is higher than the solar one. An analysis of photometric data on the time interval between 1977 and 2019 shows the presence of only 6.76 yr cyclic variations in the mean brightness with an amplitude of 0.02 mag. The obtained cycle is 1–2 yr shorter in comparison with the chromospheric cycle determined earlier, whose length was estimated to be 9 or 7.6 yr. Parameters of the cycle, its amplitude and duration change slightly in different epochs. The short-term light variations due to rotational modulation occur with an increase in amplitude up to 0.05 mag near the activity cycle minimum and a decrease in its maximum. Some events of a rapid increase in brightness of 0.2–0.6 mag may be considered as flares.