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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2864      2012 Oct 23 19.32UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
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VARIABLE STAR AMONG THE HYADES STARS
Ian Shelton, Mount Allison University, University of Toronto relays on 
The Astronomer's Telegram 4513 that a possibly new very red star
of magnitude 6 has been recorded. The images were secured on 2012 Oct 22 
at 10:28UT and the coordinates are:

RA 04h 23m 29s DEC +17 58' 29" (+/-10")

This position is 2.23 arcmin south of the star GSC 1268-1045; and 
although this faint, magnitude 13 star does not appear on the discovery 
images, it is not believed to be the new object.

Follow-up observations, especially spectroscopy are very desirable to 
confirm the presence and nature of the new star.

Images to help locate the new star are available here: 
http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/~shelton/tau-nova/

Editor: Aside from images of confirmation, if anyone has recent shots of 
the Hyades and suspects the present of this star please e-mail them to 
the editor with supporting details.

Guy M Hurst