COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
        INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                    Number 1954

                                  Konkoly Observatory
                                  Budapest
                                  1981 April 15

                                  HU ISSN 0374-0676


                ELEMENTS FOR V1714 Sgr


   V1714 Sgr, a long period variable at 17h 46m 33s, -29d 30.6' (1900),
was discovered by L. Plaut (1958), who was, however, unable to derive a
period. Fourteen images brighter than magnitude 15.0 (photographic) or
14.0 (red) have been found in a search of the plate collections at the
Harvard College and Maria Mitchell Observatories. The earliest is from
1889, the most recent from 1972. These occur within +- 53 days of the
following mean elements:

            JD_max = 2433527 + 532 E.            

   The photographic range is 13.6 to fainter than 17. A seventeenth
magnitude image seen on deep plates when the variable is near minimum
apparently belongs to another star.


   The search was carried out by Margaret Lyons, Marion Wolfson, and
Karen McTigue. Financial support came from the National Science
Foundation and Earthwatch/Center for Field Research.





                       EMILIA P. BELSERENE

                       Maria Mitchell Observatory
                       Nantucket, MA 02554

Reference:
Plaut, L. 1958, Ann. Stw. Leiden 17, 217 [BIBCODE 1958AnLei..21..217P ]