COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
                  INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                               Number 2295


                                                        Konkoly Observatory
                                                        Budapest
                                                        1983 March 17

                                                        HU ISSN 0374-0676



              HIGH SPEED PHOTOMETRY OF PG0244+104

  PG0244+104 is among the cataclysmic variable candidates found in the
Palomar Green Survey (Green et al. 1982). It is described as having high
excitation emission lines, and an Hbeta line 5000 km sec^-1 broad (FWZI). 
Green et al. list its B magnitude as 15.8.
  In order to check the nature of this star I observed it on 18 December
1982 with the 40 inch reflector at the Sutherland site of the South African
Astronomical Observatory. A high speed photometer was used with an S-20
response photomultiplier and no filters. The integration time was 10 secs.


                                [FIGURE 1]


  The Figure shows the light curve obtained during two hours of observation.
The mean light level corresponds to a B magnitude ~14.7, considerably brighter
than previously listed.
  The evident activity in the light curve shows PG0244+104 to be a rapid
variable of the cataclysmic class.

                                                BRIAN WARNER

                                           Department of Astronomy
                                           University of Cape Town
                                           Republic of South Africa

Reference :
R.F. Green, D.H. Ferguson, J. Liebert and M. Schmidt, 1982. Publ.Astr. Soc.
  Pacific 94, 560 [BIBCODE 1982PASP...94..560G ]