COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U. INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS Number 776 Konkoly Observatory Budapest 1973 March 19 NEW FLARE STARS IN THE PLEIADES REGION Nine flare stars were discovered in the Pleiades region in a reexamination of photographic material obtained from September 1971 to January 1972 with the 90/65 Schmidt telescope of the Asiago Observatory. Five new flare-ups in the star H_II 2411, six in the No. 106 Asiago = Ton 18, one in the No. 24 Asiago = vMan 16, and one in the No. 30 Asiago were also found in old plates. Table 1 summarizes the following data of the new flares: Asiago serial number, position, brightness (pg or U) at minimum, amplitude and date of the flare. The identification infrared charts of all the new flare stars are also given. Table 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------- No. R.A.1900.0 D.1900.0 mag.min. Delta m Date ---------------------------------------------------------------- 108 3h 42m 23s +22d 14.2' 16.3 U 0.3 1971 Sep.23 109 3 37 44 +25 40.8 16.2 pg 0.3 1971 Oct.1 110 3 30 28 +24 34.3 16.3 pg 0.3 1971 Oct.18 111 3 37 11 +23 33.9 15.8 pg 0.4 1971 Oct.18 112 3 36 44 +23 40.4 16.5 pg 1.3 1971 Oct.19 113 3 50 32 +23 59.9 (17 U >1.4 1971 Oct.25 114 3 35 47 +22 1.9 17: pg 0.8 1971 Dec.11 115 3 38 16 +23 57.2 (17 U >1.8 1971 Dec.22 116 3 42 10 +26 16.6 16.3 U 0.6 1972 Jan.10 ---------------------------------------------------------------- LUISA PIGATTO Osservatorio Astrofisico 36012 Asiago (VI), Italy IDENTIFICATION CHARTS [FIGURE 1]