COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
          INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                       NUMBER 664

                                        Konkoly Observatory
                                        Budapest
                                        1972 April 24

   Veroffentlichungen der Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg
   Astronomisches Institut der Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg
                   Band X, Nr. 101


            NEW FAINT SOUTHERN VARIABLE STARS


On sky patrol plates taken at the Southern Station of the Dr.-Remeis-Sternwarte
Bamberg, at the Boyden-Observatory, Bloemfontein, South Africa, further 12
faint stars were found to be variable (11 new stars and 1 confirmation of
an already mentioned Sonneberg-Star in the Catalogue of Suspected Variable
Stars).

The brightness of these stars were obtained from the Harvard-Groningen-Atlas,
Selected Areas (edition, 1965 by A. BRUN and H. VEHRENBERG).

Finder-charts are 1deg in declination. South is up.

                                          max.
BV-Nr.             RA          Decl.   brightness Ampl.    Type    Remarks
                       1900.0              pg      pg

BV 1499 Scl    1h 02m 42s   -32d 51.2'    11.8m    0.6m     RR?      1
           =CSV 123=S 4796
BV 1500 Scl    1  20  24    -35  10.6     12.4     0.4      C        2
BV 1501 Hor    3  13  53    -67  18.5     11.8     0.3      C?       3
BV 1502 Pup    6  56  32    -37  24.2     12.1     0.3      RR?      4
BV 1503 Vol    7  11  57    -68  49.6     10.9     0.2      ?        5
BV 1504 Vol    7  27  30    -65  18.6     10.4     0.4      EA?      6
BV 1505 Car    8  30  00    -56  41.7     10.9     2.7^x    M
BV 1506 Car   10  13  26    -61  13.9     11.1     2.0^x    ?        7
BV 1507 Vel   10  50  57    -40  51.4     11.9     1.1^x    M?       8
BV 1508 Hya   12  04  41    -31  54.7     11.9     1.0      EA       9
BV 1509 Cen   14  06  14    -63  32.4     10.8     0.7      EA?
BV 1510 Ara   16  51  19    -53  30.5     10.9     1.3^x    M?      10

^x=Amplitude till plate limit.

                          [FIGURE 1]
                          [FIGURE 2]
Remarks:

1  few short, bright maxima
2  few maxima, rapid variation
3  few maxima, rather difficult, maybe even RR-type
4  few good maxima
5  many maxima and minima, but more maxima, variable of an irregular type
6  few minima, not enough for a period
7  only one bright maximum, many slight, but real variations
8  bright maxima, M or SR-type
9  see notes below for BV 1508
10 probably an M-type variable

BV 1508   1900.0:  12h04m41s  -31deg54.7'
Min.=JD 2438796.562+1.7821d * E

Minima           E    O - C    Minima         E    O - C
2438796.562       0   0.000   2439240.322    249  +0.017
   8855.367      33  -0.004      9265.268    263  +0.014
   8880.322      47  +0.001      9566.433    432  +0.004
   8905.262      61  -0.008   2440355.899    875  -0.001
   8914.208      66  +0.027      0632.126   1030  +0.001
   9181.471     216  -0.025

Amplitude 1.0m, without a secondary minimum, EA-type.


Bamberg, April 1972

                                      F.M. SOSNA