Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2016
We present 23 Doppler images of the spotted RS CVn star HR 1099 (V711 Tau) from 1981 to 1993. All of the images show a large variable-shape cool spot straddling the pole. Many of the images also show a number of isolated low-latitude spots. This image set has been used to track the emergence and evolution of spots on this star over the 12-year interval. The Doppler images are compared to previous ‘few-circular-spot’ photometric model solutions when available. These photometric solutions do not well-represent the spot distribution. We discuss, among other things: the location on the stellar surface where spots first appear, their subsequent movement with time, differential rotation from spot motions, and spot cycles and dynamos within HR 1099.