COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
           INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                        NUMBER 277

                                    Konkoly Observatory
                                    Budapest
                                    1968 May 31


        TEN MORE VARIABLE STARS IN SAGITTARIUS


Students employed at the Maria Mitchell Observatory in 1967 under a grant from
the U.S. National Science Foundation, determined approximate periods for ten
of my new Sagittarius variable stars having late-type spectra:

No,   R,A.(1900)  Dec.         Max    Min    Type   Sp      J.D.   Per.
1* 18^h12^m52^s  -27d34.'8    14.5    16.2    M     M5     30116   154.5
2      13  46    -23  56.9    14.5    16.0    SR    M8:    32385   165
3      20  27    -22   5.7    14.5    16.4    M     M3     23950   159.
4      22  21    -22  10.2    14.2    16.1    M     M8     32370   202:
5      22  23    -22  17.0    14.0    15.5    SR    M3-6           175:
6*     22  57    -22  51.4    14.0    16.0    M     M8     28690   248
7*     23  11    -24  36.4    13.5    15.5    M     M:             300:
8      27  32    -23  21.9    14.3    16.0    M     M5     26160   276
9      31  19    -21  34.2    14.3    15.6    SR    M3             150:
10     34  45    -26  10.8    11.9    13.1    SRa   M3             200:

Computers were Mary Ashman (Nos 1, 4, 5), Judith Guthrow (Nos 2, 3), Wendy
Levins (No. 7), Sandra Servaas (Nos 8, 10), Diana Welch. (Nos 6, 9).


24 May 1968
                                        DORRIT HOFFLEIT
                                  Maria Mitchell Observatory
                                    Nantucket, Mass., U.S.A.

*1. Has companion
 6. Var. is N of close pair. Companion 16 mag.
 7. Variable closely follows 12.5 mag. star; seldom resolved.