BQ Octantis

[10] The spectrum shows abnormal abundances of s-process elements and particularly ZrO, so it is classified as an S star.

These stars have dredged up fusion products from the interior, especially carbon.

As an S star, its spectrum is classified as S5,1, with S5 approximately equivalent to the temperature of an M5 giant and the 1 indicating that the ZrO bands are relatively weak.

The same photometry found a possible period of 0.82 d but this was very uncertain and no variability type could be determined.

[14] All Sky Automated Survey data shows a period of 48.1 days[3]