COMMISSIONS 27 AND 42 OF THE IAU
              INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                           Number 4031

                                              Konkoly Observatory
                                              Budapest
                                              24 May 1994

                                              HU ISSN 0374 - 0676


                     V1177 Cyg = NSV 12848


 During my work on PICA project (Precise Identification and Coordinate Adjustment
of about 7000 variables) I have found that V1177 Cyg is identical with NSV 12848.
 NSV 12848 = comparison star F for VV 101 (= V1039 Cyg) was suspected to be variable 
by Miller (Miller, Wachmann 1962). In 1982 it was included in the New Catalogue
of Suspected Variable Stars (Kholopov et al., 1982).
 V1177 Cyg = VV 171 was studied in detail by Miller (1966). The star has received its
final designation in 1968 (Kukarkin et al., 1968).
 While working on field variable stars around V1770 Cyg I have noticed that the charts
for both above mentioned stars in fact refer to one star. This became clear also after
checking the text of both articles. In the earlier one in the note for VV 101 is stated that
"Star F is still another variable...; detailed data on this variable will be reported in a
future paper." In the later article in the note for VV 171 is stated that "This variable is
the same as the star marked as F on the identification chart of VV 101 and mentioned in
the last sentence of the text ... of the VV 101 paper." The link between these two stars is
therefore more than clear.
 The reported coordinates for V1177 Cyg seem to be quite good. However no star is
listed in GSC at this position. Re-measuring of position will be made later.
 Following cross-identifications are valid : V1177 Cyg = VV 171 = NSV 12848.


                         Jan MANEK
                         Stefanik Observatory
                         Petrin 205
                         118 46 Praha 1
                         Czech Republic
                         e-mail: observ@earn.cvut.cz



References

Guide Star Catalogue v1.1, 1992, The Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, 
   Maryland, USA. On CD-ROM
Kholopov, P.N., et al., 1982, New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars, Nauka, Moscow [BIBCODE 1982ncss.book.....K ]
Kholopov, P.N., et al., 1985, General Catalogue of Variable Stars, 4th ed., Nauka, Moscow
Kukarkin, B.V., et al., 1968, IBVS, No. 311
Miller, W.J., Wachmann A.A., 1962, Richerche Astronomiche, 6, No. 15, 373 [BIBCODE 1962RA......6..373M ]
Miller, W.J., 1966,  Richerche Astronomiche, 7, No. 5, 217 [BIBCODE 1966RA......7..217M ]