COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
        INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                    Number 2369

                                   Konkoly Observatory
                                   Budapest
                                   13 July 1983

                                   HU ISSN 0374-0676



       VARIABLE STAR DISCOVERED NEAR delta SAGITTARII




   A previously uncatalogued longperiod variable star
has been discovered near delta Sagittarii via the photographic 
plate collection of the Harvard College Observatory.
The star's 1900 coordinates are 18h 14m 23s and -29d 54'2.
Figure 1 is a finding chart for the variable. The bright


                              Figure 1
                              The scale is roughly 20' to the side.
      [FIGURE 1]
                              North is at the top, and east is at the left.
                              The position of the variable is represented
                              by an x.


star in the field is delta Sagittarii. The variable's period
is 230.5 days +-0.5 day, and the epoch of maximum is JD
2433474. The photographic magnitude at maximum is 13.8,
and at minimum is fainter than 16.0. The star was observed
on plates taken on JD 2423907 through JD 2436751, with
the majority of observations on JD 2423907 through JD
2426556.
   This work was funded by National Science Foundation
grant number AST-80-05162A, and was done under the direction 
of Dr. Emilia P. Belserene.




            KAREN A. GLORIA
            Maria Mitchell Observatory
            Nantucket, MA. 02554
            U.S.A.