[IAUC] CBET 1534: 20081010 : VARIABLE STAR NEAR NGC 3432

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VARIABLE STAR NEAR NGC 3432
     Grzegorz Duszanowicz, Akersberga, Sweden, reports his discovery of a
variable star (mag 18.0) on unfiltered CCD images (limiting mag 18.8)
obtained on Oct. 7.12 UT with a 32-cm f/3.1 reflector (+ Starlight Xpress
MX716 CCD camera).  The new object is located at R.A. = 10h52m41s.33, Decl.
= +36o40'08".9 (equinox 2000.0), which is 116" east and 176" north of the
center of the galaxy NGC 3432.  The discovery image has been posted at URL
http://moonbase.be/html/gallery/sncand/PGC32643-S001-STACK-3.jpg.
Following posting on the Central Bureau's unconfirmed-objects webpage,
S. Nakano (Sumoto, Japan) reports that a confirming unfiltered CCD image
taken by K. Itagaki (Yamagata, Japan, 0.60-m reflector) on Oct. 9.778
yields position end figures 41s.26, 08".9 for the variable.  Additional
unfiltered CCD magnitudes for the variable, by Duszanowicz unless noted
otherwise:  2007 Feb. 20.80, [19.0 (Itagaki); 2008 Feb. 25.906, [18.7; Mar.
6.907, [18.9; Oct. 9.145 and 9.156, 18.0 (poor sky conditions); 9.778, 17.5
(Itagaki).  The variable is very close to the position of the variable
star(s) reported on IAUCs 7415, 7417, and 7419 (position end figures 41s.35
+/- 0s.06, 08".6 +/- 0".2).


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2008 October 10                  (CBET 1534)              Daniel W. E. Green