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Possible Cataclysmic Variable Star in Pavo
Variable star :
RA: 18h 49m 52.72s
Dec: -59° 13' 11".0 (J2000)
Near galaxy IC 4780
Date Magnitude Comments
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2006 May 02.895 <18.0
2006 May 19.876 15.7
2006 May 24.786 19.0:
2007 Jul 15.625 18.0:
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Variable star near IC 4780
P. Luckas, Perth, W. Australia; O. Trondal, Oslo, Norway; and
M. Schwartz, Patagonia, AZ, report a possible "new"
Cataclysmic Variable Star on unfiltered CCD frames taken with the 0.35-m Tenagra
telescope at Perth on May 19.88 (at mag 15.7) and 24.79 UT (mag
19.0:) in the course of the Tenagra Observatory Supernova Search.
The new object is located at R.A. = 18h 49m 52s.72, Decl. = -59° 13' 11".0
(equinox 2000.0).
Nothing was visible at this position on an
image taken by Luckas on 2006 May 02.90 (limiting magnitude about
18.0).
On a Digitized Sky Survey image from 1989 Feb. 30 (limiting red mag 21.0) there
is a mag 19.5 star.
More CV info.
