COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
           INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                        Number 3327

                                         Konkoly Observatory
                                         Budapest
                                         12 May 1989

                                         HU ISSN 0374 - 0676


     NEW BRIGHTENING OF CHANAL'S OBJECT IN THE ORION ASSOCIATION


The fuor-like variation in the brightness of Chanal's object (R.A.=5h32m18s,
D=-5d35'6" (1950)) was observed for the first time during 1982-1985 (Marsden,
1983; Natsvlishvili, 1984; Parsamian and Gasparian, 1987). New brightening of
Chanal's object was observed on 7 December 1988 with the 40" Schmidt telescope
of the Byurakan observatory. The following magnitudes and colour indices were
found:

       U     B     V     U-B    B-V
      15.5  16.0  14.6  -0.5   +1.4



K.G. GASPARIAN
    and
G.B. OHANIAN
Byurakan Observatory
Armenia, USSR


References:

Marsden, B.G. 1983, IAU Circ., No. 3763. [BIBCODE 1983IAUC.3763....2K ]
Natsvlishvili, R.Sh. 1984, Inf. Bull. Var. Stars, No. 2565.
Parsamian, E.S., and Gasparian, K.G. 1987, Astrofizika, 27, 447. [BIBCODE 1987Afz....27..447P ]