Objects found by Mike Collins on UK Nova Patrol Photographs in 1997
 
Designation    Q no.     Mag range     Date reported   Announced on
      1950 Position or              Notes
     J2000 Position  
  Con   Area(s)
 
  NSV 2735     1997/001  10.7-12.1?     2 Jan 1997  
     J0556+301 Object appeared faint in November 1996. Identified as NSV 2735
  Aur   54     found by Richter (1969) and designated S 10498. Also found to
               be IRAS 05536+3006 and GSC 2406.579. Range would appear to be
               greater than suggested by Richter.
               Gessner and Meinunger (1973) studied the object but considered 
               the amplitude so small that they were unable to make a reliable
               assessment.
               Bidelman and MacConnell (1998) assign a spectral type late R or 
               N and add the identification CGCS 1109.

  NSV 2617     1997/008  11.7-(12.3?   19 Jan 1997 
     J0545+191 Object appeared bright at end of December 1996. Identified as
  Tau   78     NSV 2617 found by Hoffmeister (1968) and designated S 10180.
               Also found to be IRAS 05424+1906 and GSC 1307.198.
               
     J0524+546 1997/011  10.3-(11.1?    6 Feb 1997
  Aur   24     Object appeared faint in early February 1997. Identified as           
               GSC 3752.986. Archive reveals only three other epochs when
               faint suggesting eclipsing binary with ephemeris
               JD Min. = 2450482.35 + 30.871 E.
               Subsequent statistical analysis by Chris Lloyd was unable to
               confirm periodicity.

     J0326+671 1997/016  10.8-11.6?    26 Feb 1997
  Cam   12     Object bright in 1994 December and 1997 February. Identified
               as IRAS 03218+6657 = GSC 4074.1298.

 TAV J0550+543 1997/029  10.4-(13.9?    3 Apr 1997     TA-EC 1188
  Aur   24     Object appeared bright in early March 1997. Identified as
               IRAS 05460+5421 = GSC 3754.0324. An analysis of archived film
               reveals the star bright on only 16 of 49 epochs satisfying the
               ephemeris JD Max. = 2447468.01 + 305.82 E but with a hint of
               a longer 6-year cycle of bright maxima.
               Details published in The Astronomer, vol.34, no.397, p.20
               (May 1997).
               Independently discovered by Kesao Takamizawa and designated
               TmzV 243. Takamizawa records a photographic magnitude range
               11.2-15.3 and Mira type variation with a period of 334 days.

     J0604+595 1997/074  10.8-11.8?    16 Oct 1997
  Cam   24     Object appeared bright in September 1992 and October 1997.
               Identified as IRAS 05595+5932 = GSC 3763.2451.
               Independently discovered by Kesao Takamizawa and designated
               TmzV 239. Takamizawa records a photographic magnitude range
               11.1-12.1 and SR: type variation.

  NSV 1665     1997/092  11.6-12.2?    25 Dec 1997     TA-EC 1261
     J0437+517 Star appeared bright in late October 1997. Identified as
     Per   23  NSV 1665 discovered by Otto Morgenroth (1939). Also =
               IRAS 04336+5139 = Dearborn 28443 = GSC 3354.0049.
               Precise position reported by John Mackey on TA-EC 1269.

References

Bidelman, W.P., MacConnell, D.J. 1998, Inf. Bull. Variable Stars, 4612
Gessner, H., Meinunger, I. 1973, Veroff. Sternw. Sonneberg, 7, 607-
Hoffmeister, C. 1968, Astron. Nach., 290, 277-
Morgenroth, O. 1939, Astron. Nach., 268, 273-6
Richter, G.A. 1969, Mitt. Verand. Sterne, 5, 69-72
 
VSTAT97.TXT    July 1999