THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 459 1990 Nov 14 19.35UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP, England. Telephone: (0256)471074 Int:+44256471074 Telex: 94082518 Answerback: TAGUY Microlink: MAG60138 JANET:GMH @ UK.AC.CAM.ASTRONOMY.STARLINK GUYH@UK.AC.SUSSEX.CLUSTER TELECOM GOLD: 10074:MIK2885 PRESTEL 256471074 -------------------------------------------------------------------- TAV 0033+59 (=Q1990/87) Mike Collins, Sandy, England, reports his discovery of an uncatalogued variable star in Cas located at: RA 00h33.9m DEC +59 24' (1950). On UK Nova Patrol photographs of 1990 Oct 28.8UT the star was recorded at 11.0 (K2415) whereas on 1988 Nov 13.9UT it was near magnitude 10.3. He finds that the object, of spectral class BOe, is listed in 'New Emission Stars in Cas' by Dolidze and Ponomareva (Astron. Zh., vol 42, p205-7 , 1965) as DP 24 = LS I +59 48. In the Guide Star Catalogue it is listed as 3666.957 at V=10.47. The Editor provides additional estimates: 1954 Aug 8, B=10.8:(Lick Atlas) 1969 July 22, B=10.7 (Atlas Stellarum) 1978 Dec 4, 10.6 (Kodak 2475, A.Poole, Patrol Master) E-mail finder follows: \\\\\\ Q1990/87 TAV0033+59 variable in Cas discovered by M.Collins S,120,20,S P,00h 33.9m +59 24' (1950) O,58,60,10.3,11.0 M,7,103,36 R,8.8,42,93,A R,9.9,14,14,B M,9,51,112 R,10.4,47,73,C R,10.7,40,102,D R,10.8,60,68,E M,10,110,37,65,11,53,77,32,70,35,86 R,11.1,75,80,F R,11.7,72,62,G R,11.9,71,47,H M,11,32,7,98,13,108,72,46,84,54,31 M,11,11,46,28,76,2,60,22,39,76,24,31,19,75,113 M,11,29,7,59,83,13,77,20,93,90,30,43,60 M,11,81,45,60,5,12,88,5,75,39,34,109,61 M,12,7,52,110,34,37,33,14,46,107,100,22,44,54,47 M,12,106,29,114,96,22,19,56,96,112,74,23,59 M,12,60,104,27,60,72,25,66,10,38,83,21,111 M,12,81,110,63,91,76,5,69,66,72,40,41,71,32,48 M,12,50,115,60,28,14,89,36,10,70,34,60,115,108,74 M,12,67,116,70,101,79,109,45,9,37,115,40,79 E,79 ////// Based on chart automatically generated by GSC2FIND ver 1.0 A paper version is available on e-mail request. Congratulations to Mike Collins on the article in the Daily Telegraph of 1990 November 12. Guy M Hurst