COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
         INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                     Number 1750

                                    Konkoly Observatory
                                    Budapest
                                    1980 February 27


       THE FIRST FLARE STAR IN THE REGION NEAR gamma CYGNI


According to the programme of regular search for flare stars in different
stellar aggregates we took 10 ultraviolet multiple exposure plates near gamma
Cygni (on the stellar association Cygnus T2) between July 1977 and August 1978.
Our observations were carried out with the 40" Schmidt telescope at the
Byurakan Observatory on Kodak 103AO emulsion with 2 mm Schott UG-2 filter. The
centre of the observed field is RA=20h20m, Decl.=41d10m (1950.0). The
multiple exposure plates contain a series of 6-exposures of 5 or 10 minutes
each. A new flare star was discovered during 6h10m effective observational
time.

Figure 1 gives the identification chart of the new flare star (on No. E-754
POSS print) and in Figure 2 the observed flare up is presented.

                         [FIGURE 1]
                         [FIGURE 2]

Table I gives the approximate coordinates for this flare star and the data of
the flare event.

Table I
Byurakan      RA          D        m_u     Delta m_u      Date of
No.              1950.0            min                    flare up
1          20h 32.5m     +43d 30'  18.3m     1.8m         12.09.1977


N.D. MELIKJAN
Byurakan Observatory

I. JANKOVICS
Konkoly Observatory

KATYA P. TSVETKOVA
M.K. TSVETKOV
Department of astronomy
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences