COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
        INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                     Number 634

                                      Konkoly Observatory
                                      Budapest
                                      1972 February 25


        A NEW VARIABLE STAR NEAR THE NEBULA K3+50


A new interesting irregular variable has been found near the nebula NGC 6857,
The star (GR 232: AR=19^h59^m53^s, D=+33deg20',1950) is an infrared
object probably related with the nebula K3-50. It has measured on 158 films
Kodak 103a-O taken with the Schmidt telescope 40/50/100 cm of the Asiago
Astrophysical Observatory. The range of variation is from 13.9 to 14.8 mpg.
Finding chart and light curve are shown in Figs 1 (10'x10', north in the top)
and 2.


                                             G. ROMANO
                              Institut di Astronomia dell'Universita
                                             di Padova
          [FIGURE 1]

                          [FIGURE 2]