COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
           INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                       Number 2585

                                         Konkoly Observatory
                                         Budapest
                                         13 September 1984

                                         HU ISSN 0374-0676


              NOVA V 906 OPHIUCHI REDISCUSSED

  By a letter of Dr. N. Samus', Astronomical Council of the USSR, our
attention was directed to the insufficient map of the surroundings of V 906
Oph published in Mitt. Veranderl. Sterne, 2, p.166. Below a better chart is
given. We add a complete list of the, partially revised, estimates on all
patrol exposures available at Sonneberg. The near-edge distortion of the
image of the nova on the plates makes a linking of the comparison stars to a
standard field impossible. Instead, HD ptg. magnitudes of the scars underlined 
in the map were directly used.

J.D.         m(pg)
243...    
4237.31      >11m3
  39.41        9.8
  40.31        9.3
  41.30        9.6
  42.40       10.1
  44.32        9.9
  44.39        9.9
  45.40       10.0:
  46.28       10.4
  46.43        9.9
  48.29     >=10.1
  48.44       10.0
  50.40       10.3
  62.28       11.5
  64.34       11.0:
  69.39      >11.8


                             [FIGURE 1]


Probably the nova has been catched on its rise at 4239.41. The quiescent
state may easily be near B = 20m.


                             W. WENZEL
                         Sternwarte Sonneberg
                         Zentralinstitut fur
                         Astrophysik der Akademie
                         der Wissenschaften der DDR