THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 352 1989 Oct 14 09.06UT Microlink: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: 94082518 Answerback: TAGUY ------------------------------------------------------------------- TASV 0626+34 (=Q1989/75) Mike Collins (MAG36908) reports his discovery of a possible new variable on patrol exposures of 1989 Oct 6.1UT at: RA 06h26.2m DEC +34 44'(1950) The object was recorded at about mag 11.9 on Oct 6, whereas it was at magnitude approx 10 on 1989 Mar 2. There is no candidate in the GCVS or supplements/name lists. Charts can be ordered by sending an e-mail to the Editor. TASV 0722+37 (=Q1989/76) Mike Collins also reports discovery of another possible variable on Oct 6.1UT at: RA 07h22.2m DEC +37 51'(1950). At discovery it was about 11.0 whereas it was below 11.5 on 1989 Jan 15.1UT. No entry has been found in catalogues and a chart can be obtained from the Editor. NOVA SCUTI 1989 A new (C) chart is now available with comparisons to mag 14.0 based on a sequence transfer from M11 (ApJ 124, p82). This differs substantially from that issued with the recent AAVSO Alert Notice. ASTEROIDAL OBSERVING RUN J.-C.Merlin (MAG100851) advises us that Jean-Louis Heudier, Observatoire de al Cote d'Azur, Niceq, requires monitoring of 264 LIBUSSA, 365 CORDUBA, 521 BRIXIA. These objects are good candidates for spacecraft rendezvous. Astrometric and photometric data are needed and further details are available by e-mailing MAG100851. 1989 TF This object found by Brian Manning has been identified with a 'lost' asteroid found in 1985. The discovery therefore rests with the latter. 1989 TE remains 'intact' at the present time. 1989 TA and 1989 TB Rob McNaught discovered a mag 15.5v object on Oct 1 which has subsequently been identified with an object in 1968. 1989 TB was discovered by Karl F.J.Cwach, an amateur from Newcastle, NSW, Australia. More details will appear in a future issue of TA. Guy M Hurst