BP Velorum, a W UMa-type binary, was observed photometrically in February 2007.
The light curves in four filters were fitted simultaneously with a model generated in the
eclipsing binary modeling software package PHOEBE. The best model was one with a cool
star spot on the secondary larger component. The light curves showed additional cycle-tocycle
variations near the times of maximum light which may indicate the presence of star
spots that vary in strength and/or location on a time scale comparable with the orbital
period, (P = 0d.265). The system was confirmed to belong to the W-type subgroup of W
UMa binaries for which the deeper primary minimum is due to an occultation.