COMMISSION 27 OF THE I.A.U.
               INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                            Number 1434

                                                      Konkoly Observatory
                                                      Budapest
                                                      1978 June 8


                   LONG PERIOD VARIABLES

The following long-period variables either lack published
spectral types, or reported line emission, as listed in the General 
Catalogue of Variable Stars, through the Third Supplement. All
have shown, on my objective prism plates, hydrogen-line emission
of the Mira type.


 Star     Obs. Spectrum   GCVS Spectrum   Notes

AH And         M5e             M4           1
BU And         M7e             -            2
V540 Cyg       M5e!            -
AQ Her         M7e             -            1
WY Lyr         M3e             -
HQ Lyr         M5e             M10
MX Lyr         M3e             -

1. Line emission also reported, with spectral type M implied, by
   Smak and Preston, Ap. J. 142, 943, 1965
2. Contained in the Two-Micron Survey by Neugebauer and Leighton,
   NASA Spec. Pub. 3047, 1969.


                               C.B. STEPHENSON

                               Warner & Swasey Observatory
                               1975 Taylor Road
                               E. Cleveland, OH 44112, U.S.A.