COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
         INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                   Number 1627

                              Konkoly Observatory
                              Budapest
                              1979 June 21




      FLARE STAR OBSERVATIONS IN THE PRAESEPE REGION




    Two new flare stars have been discovered during 37 hours
of effective coverage (21 hours in the Pg- and 16 hours in the
U-band).
    The observations centered at RA=8h37m05s, D=19d51' (1950)
have been carried out with the Schmidt telescopes of the Byurakan
Observatory (40" and 21").
    The method of observations was the common one of multiple
and equal exposures of 10 minutes.

                    Table 1
No     RA       D      m_u_min  Deltam_u  Date
     (1950)   (1950)

1  8h37.9m    +18d33'   >20.0   >4.0   07.03.1975
2    38.9     +17d45'    18.5    3.5   08.03.1975

    Table 1 gives the data of the observed flares. The coordinates 
and the magnitudes are approximate.





         I. JANKOVICS   	   H.S. CHAVUSHIAN
      Konkoly Observatory	   N.D. MELIKIAN
                                 Byurakan Observatory