[IAUC] CBET 746: 20061120 : VARIABLE STAR IN LEO

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 746
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VARIABLE STAR IN LEO
     E. J. Christensen, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of
Arizona, reports his discovery of an apparent high-amplitude variable
star on unfiltered CCD images obtained in the course of the Catalina
Sky Survey, the position of the variable given as R.A. = 10h21m46s.42,
Decl. = +23o49'26".2 (equinox 2000.0).  Approximate V magnitudes
derived from the Catalina images:  Oct. 28.503-28.523 UT (four images),
13.9; Nov. 17.533-17.537, 14.4.  There is an object at V around 21 at
this position in an archival CSS image, and there is a star catalogued
in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR5 database with the following
magnitudes:  u = 20.83, g = 20.74, r = 20.63, i = 20.84, z = 20.45.


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2006 November 20                 (CBET 746)               Daniel W. E. Green