[IAUC] CBET 1903: 20090811 : VARIABLE STAR IN PAVO

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1903
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VARIABLE STAR IN PAVO
     C. Jacques, E. Pimentel, C. Colesanti, and T. Napoleao, Belo Horizonte,
Brazil, report the discovery of a variable star (mag 15.2) on a 30-s image
(limiting mag 17.1) taken on Aug. 9.13 UT with a 30-cm f/3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
reflector (+ ST7 CCD camera) in the course of their Brazilian Supernovae
Survey at the CEAMIG-REA observatory.  The object, which was confirmed at mag
15.4 on Aug. 10.13, is located at R.A. = 21h16m56s.41, Decl. = -64d52'18".7
(equinox 2000.0), which is 0".7 from a dim, non-stellar object as seen on a
Digitized Sky Survey image from 1988 Sept. 8 (limiting red mag 20.0); nothing
is seen at this position on their own image taken on 2003 July 28.18 (limiting
mag 18.6).


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