SIMBAD references

V725 Sgr is a rather peculiar variable that showed a period increase during part of the twentieth century. Its behavior is attributed to rapid stellar evolution. V725 Sgr was monitored in,, and,, with the REM telescope, on La Silla, from 2008 August to 2009 November. Its light variation does not show a well-defined cyclic behavior. Its current is similar to what it was 30-40 yrs ago. Its published motion suggests that V725 Sgr is located at a few kiloparsecs from the Sun. This implies that V725 Sgr is a giant rather than a supergiant star. From its mean colors we conclude that V725 Sgr is now an irregular variable of spectral type III.