COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
              INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                            NUMBER 47


                                        Konkoly Observatory
                                        Budapest
                                        12 March 1964

   
                  FIRST RESULTS FROM THE BAMBERG
                      SOUTH - AFRICAN STATION


Nova      Position (1900): Rect.  1h11m45s     b =-79deg
          BV 416           Decl.  -18deg27'.7

          1963 Sep. 19     JD 243 8292.46    > 14m.5
               Sep. 21            8294.44      10.5
               Sep. 22            8295.45      10.8
               Sep. 24            8297.45      12.0
               Oct. 11            8314.41      13.5
               Nov. 15            8349.30    > 14.5

      Praenova (Mt. Palomar Atlas):      blue     18m
                                         red      19


Cepheid BV 417 = CoD -61deg4468 (7m.1) = HD 128 037 (G5)
                 Max = JD 243 8195.3 + 7d.1. E, Ampl. 0m.8

Eclipsing Star   BV 418 = CoD -67deg2082 (8m.9) = HD 155 545 (A0)
                 Min = JD 243 8196.375 + 2d.316. E
                 EA, Ampl. 0m.8


                                    W. STROHMEIER
                                  Remeis-Observatory
                                       Bamberg