COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
         INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                     Number 2020

                                  Konkoly Observatory
                                  Budapest
                                  1981 September 28

                                  HU ISSN 0374-0676




             AUGUST 1981 FAINTENING OF V 348 Sgr




    The irregular variable V 348 Sgr has recently fainted by several
magnitudes (from V ~= 12 to V ~= 18) in a very short time (from Aug. 18
to 22, 1981 essentially). Photometric data in the uvby system have been
collected by the undersigned during this period with the 1m telescope
of the European Southern Observatory at La Silla, Chile.

    These observations are presently being reduced and a detailed
report will be published later.

    This note aims mainly to invite other possible observers of this
dramatic drop of brightness to join for a common work. Obviously data
with a finer temporal resolution and wider spectral coverage will lead
to a better understanding of this phenomenon difficult to catch
in this puzzling object.





                          ANDRE HECK


                       IUE Observatory
                       ESA Satellite Tracking Station
                       Apartado 54065
                       Madrid - Spain.