COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
          INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                       NUMBER 880

                                 Konkoly Observatory
                                 Budapest
                                 1974 April 5


         CD -44 3318: AN EMISSION-LINE STAR
             INVOLVED IN A DARK NEBULA


   We recently noticed that CD -44d3318 = CSV 1025 = BV 464
(IBVS 66), alpha = 7h16.4m, delta = -44d24' (1900), l = 256.2d, b = -14.1d,
is an Halpha emission-line star discovered by Henize (HEN 32) and
consequently is listed in the catalog of Wackerling (Mem. R.A.S.,
73, 153, 1970). Inspection of this region on a Whiteoak Atlas print
discloses that this star is associated with a sharply bounded dark
nebula having approximate dimensions of 10' x 5'. The star lies on
the eastern boundary of the dark material and appears to cause the
illumination of a small portion of the nebula. This bright rim was
previously noted by Lu (A.J. 76, 775, 1971) who provides an 
identification chart. The spectral type of CD-44d3318 is not known but
one might suspect that the star is related to the class of Be and
Ae stars in nebulae studied by Herbig (Ap.J. Suppl. 4, 337, 1960).





                              N. SANDULEAK
                              Warner and Swasey
                              Observatory