COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
         INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                      NUMBER 212

                                 Konkoly Observatory
                                 Budapest
                                 29 July 1967


   PRE-MAXIMUM OBSERVATIONS OF NOVA DELPHINI 1967


A plate of Nova Delphini 1967 was obtained with the 48-inch Schmidt on Palomar
Mountain on July 10 U.T. Comparison of this plate with the prints of the
Palomar Sky Survey shows a very blue star of magnitude 12<V<13 at the position
of the nova. This star appears slightly brighter on Sky Survey plate 276
obtained in 1951 than it does on plate 831 obtained in 1953 indicating that the
pre-nova may have been variable in brightness.


SIDNEY VAN DEN BERGH
RENE RACINE