COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
         INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                     Number 1344

                                    Konkoly Observatory
                                    Budapest
                                    1977 September 27




   LIGHT VARIATION OF THE NUCLEUS OF MARKARJAN GALAXY 358




   On the Supernova survey plates taken with the 60/90/180 cm
Schmidt telescope of the Konkoly Observatory between December
1965 and September 1977 it was found that the nucleus of the
Markarjan Galaxy 358 (B.E. Markarjan, V.A. Lipovetsky, Astrofizika 7,
 514, 1971) (i.e. the 5-4-59 of Vorontzov-Veliaminov II.
Catalogue) shows a conspicuous brightness variation of the order
of two magnitudes. The coordinates of the Galaxy (S.D. Peterson,
Astron.Journ. 78, 822, 1973):
             RA 1h 23m 45.1s
                            1950
            Decl.+31d 21' 13"
   The spectrum of the nucleus of the galaxy has weak Halpha,
[NII] lambdalambda 6548/83 and [SII] lambdalambda 6717/31 lines (M.A. Arakelian,
E.A. Dibay, V.F. Yesipov, Astrofizika 8, 184, 1972).
   In Table 1 the brightnesses of the nucleus of the galaxy
with the different data of observations are collected. These
values of magnitudes were only estimated. The error of this 
estimation is not greater than 0.5 magnitude. Plates used were
Kodak OaO and 103aO.



                                  M. LOVAS

                             Konkoly Observatory
                         1525 Budapest Box 67, Hungary


                   Table 1

       Date         magn.  number      Date            magn.  number
                          of plates                           of plates
1965   Nov  25/26   16.0   2        1972 July  21/22   15.0      2
1966   Oct   6/7    16.0   2             Nov    3/4    15.5      2 
1967   Jan   7/8    15.5   2             Dec   27/28   16.0      1
       Febr  7/8    15.0   2        1973 Jan    4/5    16.0      2
       Aug   8/9    14.5   2              "     5/6    15.5      2
       Sept  7/8    15.0   1              "     6/7    15.0      1
       Oct   2/3    14.5   2             Febr  28/1Mar 14.5      2
       Nov   1/2    15.0   2             Aug    8/9    16.0      2
       Dec   2/3    15.5   2              "    26/27   15.5      2
1968   Aug   4/5    14.0   2             Nov   21/22   15.0      2
        "   23/24   14.5   2        1974 Jan   18/19   15.0      2
       Oct  14/15   15.0   2             Febr  16/17   16.0      2
        "   27/28   14.0   2             Aug   18/19   14.5      2
       Nov  22/23   15.5   2             Dec   15/16   15.0      2
       Dec  12/13   16.0   1        1975 March  1/2    15.5      2
1969   Jan   8/9    15.0   2             Oct    9/10   15.0      2
1970   March 8/9    16.0   2             Nov    8/9    16.0      2  
       July 30/31   16.0   2             Dec    7/8    16.0      2
       Sept  7/8    15.5   2              "     9/10   16.0      2
       Nov  25/26   15.0   2        1976 Oct   20/21   14.5      2
1971   July 31/1Aug 15.5   2        1977 Febr  16/17   15.0      1
       Aug  19/20   15.0   2             July  19/20   14.5      2
       Sept 18/19   14.0   2             Sept  12/13   14.5      2
1972   July 19/20   15.0   2