Objects found by Mike Collins on UK Nova Patrol Photographs in 1996
 
Designation    Q no.     Mag range     Date reported   Announced on
      1950 Position or              Notes
     J2000 Position  
  Con   Area(s)
 
TASV J2352+665 1996/002  ... See end of 1995 discovery list. 
 
 TAV J2059+264 1996/020  10.3-11.9     21 Mch 1996   TA EC-1067
  Vul   61     Object appeared bright in late February 1996.  Archived film
	       reveals the star bright in late March 1989.  Identified as
	       IRAS 20574+2616 = X 2057+263 in the IRAS Small Scale Structure
	       Catalog.  A magnitude 12.6 star lies 20" north of the variable.
	       Independently discovered by Kesao Takamizawa and designated
	       TmzV 2. Takamizawa records a photographic magnitude range
	       10.3-13.0 and M: type variation.

  NSV 3369     1996/035   8.0-9.2      29 May 1996   TA EC-1086
     J0705+105 Object appeared faint in April 1996. Identified as NSV 3369 =
  Gem   80     BD +10 1404 = HD 53420 = SAO 96471 = IRC +10150 = CSV 6546 =
	       IRAS 07026+1037 = GSC 753.01231 and originally designated
	       WR 24 by Weber (1957).  The NSV gives a spectral type M4 and 
	       variability type Lb but the star has not been fully
	       investigated.

 TAV J2106+194 1996/038  10.5-12.2?     6 Jun 1996   TA EC-1090
  Del (62,76)  Object appears faint at only five epochs satisfying an
	       ephemeris JDminI = 2449593.483 + 10.3536 E.  Subsequent
	       CCD photometry by Nick James confirms eclipsing nature.
	       The star is GSC 1657.01754 at V magnitude 10.49.
	       Details including predicted times of observable maxima
	       to the end of 1997 presented by Tristram Brelstaff in
	       BAA Variable Star Section Circ. No.89 (September 1996).
	       TA EC-1131 (issued on 1 October 1996) reports the 
	       assignment of the "TAV" designation.
	       Further analysis published in TA by Collins, James, Kirby
	       and Lloyd (1996) suggests a new improved ephemeris
	       JDminI = 2450307.705 + 10.3526 E and a model of the system
	       using Hill's LIGHT2 code. 
	       Additional analysis, including minima found on the plate 
	       archives of Sonneberg and Hartha observatories by Berthold,
	       on IBVS 4442 (1997) produces a new improved ephemeris
	       HJDminI = 2450338.7630 + 10.352336 E.


     J2100+204 1996/063  10.9-14.8?    30 Aug 1996
  Vul   61     Object appeared bright in mid-July 1996 and in October
	       1990.  The star is probably GSC 1656.01381 at V magnitude
	       14.8 and is recorded on Atlas Stellarum.                                  

     J0037+537 1996/076  10.7-12.4      3 Oct 1996
  Cas   19     Object appeared bright in early September 1996.
	       Identified as IRAS 00345+5325 = Dearborn 23568 =
	       GSC 3654.00148.  zeta Cas (also a suspect) is nearby.

     J0045+486 1996/082  10.5-13.1     30 Oct 1996
  Cas   33     Object appeared bright in November 1993 and October 1996.
	       Identified as IRAS 00422+4824 = GSC 3266.01137.
	       Independently found and designated LD 333 by Dahlmark (1999)
	       who finds SR type with a period of 358 days.

References

Collins, M., James, N.D., Kirby, G.J., Lloyd, C.
	1996 December  The Astronomer, 33, 183-4 (and inside back cover)
Dahlmark, L. 1999 Inf. Bull. Variable Stars, 4734
Weber, R. 1957 Document. Observ. Circ., 12

VSTAT96.TXT    11 October 1999