Objects found by Mike Collins on UK Nova Patrol Photographs in 1992 Designation Q no. Mag range Date reported Announced on 1950 Position Notes Con Area(s) 0016+41 1992/001 10.2-10.9 1 Jan 1992 And 32 Object appeared bright in early December 1991. Identified as IRAS 00163+4120 in HP And field. Suspect is labelled as star 7 on TA/BAAVS (b) chart for HP And. Also identified as GSC 2790.1851 at mid-range (V=10.68m). 0718+18 1992/005 10.5-11.8 13 Jan 1992 Gem 80 Object appeared bright in early January 1992. Identified as IRAS 07189+1821 in P422 field of GSPC I. 0631+14 1992/006 11.0-(12.2? 17 Jan 1992 Gem 79 Object bright in early December 1991. Identified as IRAS 06313+1418. Independently discovered by Kesao Takamizawa and designated TmzV 11. Takamizawa records a photographic magnitude range 11.7-14.4, Mira type with ephemeris JDmax = 2450450 + 460E. NSV 3586 1992/007 10.0-13.2? 19 Jan 1992 0723+15 Object bright in early December 1991. Identified as Gem 81 NSV 3586 = CSV 6584 = Brun 24 = Dearborn 13015 = IRAS 07230+1509. Copy of Antoine Brun's finder sent by Professor Schweitzer at Strasbourg via Storm Dunlop (BAA VSS) confirms identification. 0328+70 1992/008 9.8-10.8 22 Jan 1992 Gem (12) Object faint in mid-October 1991, bright in January 1990. Identified as IRAS 03280+7040 = IRC+70044. 0736+12 1992/022 10.4-11.1 8 Mar 1992 CMi 81 Object bright in early March 1992. Identified as IRAS 07368+1209. NSV 12872 1992/025 11.2-14.2 15 Apr 1992 TA EC-631 2009+66 Object bright in early April 1992. Identified as Dra 5 IRAS 20096+6648. Slight positional disagreement but original finding chart confirms identification with suspect found by Otto Morgenroth in 1934 = NSV 12872 = CSV 5080 = Prager 5342. Archive shots satisfied by JDmax = 2447665 + 266E. A least squares fit to the light curve combining visual observations by Margareta Westlund with estimates from patrol photographs published in The Astronomer, vol.32, no.382, p.236 (1996 February) refines the ephemeris to JDmax = 2447664.34 + 265.21E [back cover of that TA issue provides a (c) chart] NSV 8001 1992/027 11.3-(16 7 May 1992 1649+08 Object bright in early May 1992. Identified as NSV 8001 = Oph 82 CSV 2830 = Prager 1128 = Ross 208. Also = IRAS 16490+0823 = EIC 521 discovered by Ross in June 1926. V2296 Oph 1992/030 10.5-(12.5? 14 May 1992 1725+05 Object bright in early May 1992. Identified as IRAS 17256+0504 Oph 83 = IRC +10329 = EIC 561. NSV 8780 is more than 5' away. Crocker and Hagen (1983) failed to detect water maser emission. Lewis and Engels (1988) did detect water maser. Gomez et al. (1990) include the star in a study of OH/IR stars showing maser emission. Variability in the infrared reported by Carter et al. (1992). Designated V2296 Oph on IBVS 4140 (72nd Name-List). 2028+54 1992/032 11.2-12.0 10 Jun 1992 Cyg 15 Object bright in May 1992. Identified as IRAS 20286+5400. 1828+43 1992/033 10.0-10.8 16 Jun 1992 Lyr 25 Object bright in May 1992. Identified as IRAS 18282+4340 = Dearborn 36275. 2143+58 1992/048 10.6-11.2 13 Aug 1992 Cep 16(6) Object bright in late July 1992 with previous brightenings suggesting a 380-day period. Identified as IRAS 21433+5837 and as the infrared star I-15 in the list of Hetzler (1937) which was assigned Sp. M7 by Rust (1938) and M6 by Albers (1967). Identified as the M5 star numbered 142 by Dolidze (1975) and found to be GSC 3979.1510 by Skiff (1997). 0204+59 1992/049 10.5-11.1 17 Aug 1992 Cas 21(20) Object bright in July 1992, faint at end of October 1989 and and September 1990. Identified as IRAS 02047+5901 = RAFGL 298S = IRC +60073. NSV 623 1992/055 10.1-13.4? 31 Aug 1992 0146+49 Object bright in late August 1992. Identified as NSV 623 Per 34(20) found by Antoine Brun in 1963. Not listed in the IRAS PSC. V1995 Cyg 1992/061 11.5-13.0 3 Sep 1992 1947+29 Object bright in late August 1992. Identified as Cyg 60(44) IRAS 19472+2923. Found to be LD 141 discovered by Dahlmark during visit to France in September 1992. Designated V1995 Cyg on IBVS 4140 (72nd Name-List). NSV 14395 1992/062 10.2-11.0 6 Sep 1992 2300+46 Object bright in late August 1992. Identified as NSV 14395 = And 31 SVS 736 = CSV 5645 = Prager 5711 found by Sergei Belyavskii in 1936. Suspect also found as IRAS 23002+4633 = Dearborn 42385. 0215+36 1992/065 10.1-11.6 10 Sep 1992 Tri 48 Object bright in late August 1992. Identified as IRAS 02157+3652 = Dearborn 9166 = GSC 2322.1678. 1826+15 1992/076 10.9-(12.6 7 Oct 1992 Her 73 Object bright in late September 1992 and late June 1989. Identified as IRAS 18269+1514. Suspect photographed and discovered during visit to Lennart Dahlmark in France. Bright in May 1998 and identified with GSC 1569.0013. 2020+30 1992/078 10.2-11.2 15 Oct 1992 Cyg 45(44) Object bright in late September 1992. Identified as IRAS 20209+3055. Suspect photographed and discovered in France. 2106+27 1992/085 10.1-11.2 5 Nov 1992 Vul 62 Object bright in late October 1992 and April-May 1989. Identified as IRAS 21068+2719. 0148+38 1992/090 9.2-9.7 24 Nov 1992 And 48 Object bright in mid-November 1992. Identified as IRAS 01487+3853 = SAO 55042 = BD +38 366 = AGK3 +38 189 = IRC+40030 = CRL 257 = HIC 8682 and Dearborn 8951 or 8952. Spectral type reported as M8 or M5. 2024+40 1992/091 11.0-11.6 2 Dec 1992 Cyg 28 Object bright in late September 1992. Identified as IRAS 20242+4058 = IRC+40416. Suspect photographed and discovered during visit to Dahlmark in France. Strong IR excess suggests thick circumstellar shell. Not detected in 40P radio survey. TAV 0556+55 1992/092 10.7-(13? 4 Dec 1992 TA EC-1360 Aur 24 Object faint in late November 1992. Identified as IRAS 05563+5527 and subsequently found by Takamizawa and designated TmzV27 as a probable Mira with ephemeris JDmax = 2450880 + 310E. Further details published with chart and sequence in The Astronomer, vol.35, no.416, p.205 (1998 December). 1942+57 1992/094 10.5-11.6 6 Dec 1992 Cyg 14 Object bright in late September 1992. Identified as IRAS 19423+5727. NSV 165 1992/096 10.8-12.5? 20 Dec 1992 0024+53 Object bright in late September 1992. Identified as NSV 165 = Cas 19 BV 294 discovered by Strohmeier and Knigge on plates taken in 1959. Suspect not on the IRAS PSC. 0411+52 1992/098 10.9-12.0 27 Dec 1992 Cam 23 Object bright in late September 1992. Identified as IRAS 04113+5248 = Dearborn 28090. NSV 1519 to NE and brighter. Archived film suggests slow variation with approx. 600 day period. Mike's 100th suspect announced! Independently discovered by Kesao Takamizawa and designated TmzV 66. Takamizawa records a photographic magnitude range 12.0-14.4 and SR: type variation. 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