------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Charts Sequence Notes No 106 2002 Jan 25 14.27UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.theastronomer.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- V420 VULPECULAE The discovery of this variable, found by Mike Collins on 1996 Feb 28, was announced on The Astronomer E-Circular 1067 issued on 1996 April 8. The object was then assigned the designation: TAV J2059+264. The new designation, V420 Vul, was given in the 76th Name List issued on IBVS 5135 (2001 July 9). Other cross identifications are: NSV 25415 = Tmz V02 = Q1996/020 = IRAS 20574+2616 = GSC 2180.1553 The chart below, replacing that of '960408', incorporates the name change and the mira classification: \\\\\\V420 Vul b Found by Mike Collins S,400,6,S -C,20.9936, 26.4761,2000 O,200,200,10.3,13.0 -L,L,Var -T,type mira -S,TA020125 P,20h 59.6m +26 29' (2000) M,8,40,320 R,9.1,313,163,A M,9,369,364,39,300,5,95 R,10.4,153,205,B R,10.9,276,326,C,A M,10,285,388,124,255,13,64 R,11.2,197,152,D,A R,11.5,171,244,E R,11.8,93,219,F M,11,394,348,67,359,174,387,20,394,47,261,63,303 M,11,317,38,379,158,93,133,281,201,317,207 R,12.1,187,85,G R,12.9,226,200,H,R M,12,83,353,228,348,397,362,89,352,183,338,69,373,103,359 M,12,127,382,279,319,386,323,3,300,342,316,166,299,381,257 M,12,145,320,321,291,396,293,90,312,328,335,254,317,172,293 M,12,390,329,55,273,358,47,75,11,52,123,348,4 M,12,17,112,161,146,46,86,82,164,354,63,56,101,269,103 M,12,240,116,22,165,335,107,58,155,101,60,329,124,105,210 M,12,141,77,62,186,300,70,277,36,383,212,392,130,34,235 M,12,282,230,34,235,325,42,363,123,135,12,86,173,116,244 M,13,196,342,298,353,99,353,273,398,110,367,40,338,115,307 M,13,106,308,39,250,51,12,363,23,219,37,23,57,319,139 M,13,181,6,348,123,191,106,280,152,79,119,385,73,55,104 M,13,164,150,207,136,278,52,195,68,70,54,67,114,37,63 M,13,43,175,104,86,372,168,351,195,218,74,77,197,65,109 M,13,142,137,263,172,396,144,273,203,98,227,164,45 M,13,106,165,200,196,343,240,172,130,250,27 E,128 ////// Basic chart automatically generated by CHART ver 1.6 Guy M Hurst