COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
         INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                     Number 2420

                                      Konkoly Observatory
                                      Budapest
                                      19 October 1983

                                      HU ISSN 0374-0676



       TWO NEW VARIABLE STARS IN THE FIELD OF NGC 6946



 Two new variable stars have been discovered on 26 blue plates taken with
a 36 cm telescope in a field of one square degree around the galaxy NGC 6946
during the period between July 1964 and September 1966.
 Figure 1 shows the finding charts:north is at the top,the side is 15'.


                             [FIGURE 1]



  GR 311.- The position 1950 is R.A. = 20h 29m 47s, D = + 60d10.5'. This
star is very likely a semiregular variable. The observations suggest a period
of 145 days. A definite maximum has been observed at JD 2439054 (14.9 mph).
The photographic range is from 14.9 and < 15.5.
  GR 312.- The position 1950 of this eclipsing variable (EA) is R.A.-
20h 35m 17s, D = + 59d 57.0'. Two minima have been observed respectively at
JD 2438941.423 (15,2) and JD 2438967.436 (<15.3). The period is very likely
26.01/n days. The star has an observed range from 14.5 and < 15.3.
  In the same field we have observed also the following variables.
  DT Cep.- Eclipsing variable. Only a minimum at the date JD 2439051.335
(15.0) has been observed. The O-C = -0.143d with the elements given by W. Gotz
(VVS 2, n.5, 1956).
  V778 Cyg.- Slow variations of light between 13.4.and 15.1. Irregular
variable.


             G. ROMANO AND M. PERISSINOTTO
               Istituto di Astronomia
               Universita di Padova
                    Italy