THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 318 1989 Jul 14  17.50UT.
Telecom Gold 72:MAG60138   JANET:GMH at UK.AC.RO-GREENWICH.STARLINK
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16, Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP, England. Telephone:(0256)471074.Int:+44256471074
Telex:265871(MONREF G) Quote"72:MAG60138 ATT G.HURST"in FIRST line.
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TAV 0136+60 (=Q1989/52)
Mike Collins (MAG36908) reports his discovery of a bright
uncatalogued variable at:
RA 01h36m28s DEC +60 38'57"(1950).
The star has risen from magnitude 8.1 on 1988 Nov 2.9UT to 7.3 on
1989 July 4.1UT, magnitudes based on exposures for the UK patrol on
Kodak 2415 film.
The star = SAO 011899 = BD +60 299 = AGK3+60 1870. In SAOC
magnitudes are mpg 9.6 and mv 8.3 and the CSI has spectral class as
MO. It is also listed in IRAS PC as IRAS 01364+6038 with 20 percent
variability. A chart is available on e-mail request.

NSV 00203 (=Q1989/51)
Mike Collins also reports a variable object at:
RA 00h31m59s DEC +61 03.3'(1950).
The star rose from around mag 11.5: in 1988 Dec to 10.5: by 1989
June. It is probably NSV 00203 listed at V=13.28 by Poulakos in
Mem. Soc.Astron.Italiana Nuova Ser. Vol 42 p421-39 (1971).
Other identifications are being researched.
A chart is available on e-mail request.

TASV 2326+50 (=Q1989/49)
The primary star referred to in E312 has received the preliminary
suspected variable designation TASV 2326+50. Mike Collins reports
a further combined magnitude from a Kodak 2415 photo:
June 28.1, 10.4
A chart is available on e-mail request.

Guy M Hurst