COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
        INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                    Number 1345

                                  Konkoly Observatory
                                  Budapest
                                  1977 October 3




             A NEW FLARE STAR IN CANCER



   On the photographic plate taken by the 90/60/180 Schmidt
telescope of the Konkoly Observatory on February 29, 1976 appeared 
a flare type object. Its identification chart is given in
Figure 1. The exact coordinates of this object are:
              R.A.= 8h25m30.45s
                                (1950) 
              Decl= +20d 21'34.1"
On this plate the magnitude of the object was 13.5m. About two
hours later this brightness decreased to 18.0m. Comparing this
field with the Palomar Sky Atlas in the blue print there is no
trace of this object, while on the red print a faint one is
recognizable.
At the Konkoly Observatory 43 plates of this field were
collected between 1965 and 1976. The object mentioned above 
appeared on further 4 of these plates. Results are summarized in
the Table 1.

                   Table 1
Date            J.D.          m
                24....        pg
1966 March 30   39215.2975   19.0
1968 April 15   39692.3093   19.5
1968 April 15   39692.3225   19.0
1973 Dec. 3     42020.6128   19.5
1976 Feb. 29    42838.3628   13.5
1976 Feb. 29    42838.4168   18.0





                                   M. LOVAS
                               Konkoly Observatory
                               1525 Budapest Box 67
                                  Hungary


                      [FIGURE 1]

                      [ETABLE 2]