Electronic Telegram No. 701 Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION M.S. 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions) CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science) URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html VARIABLE STAR IN TAURUS J. Skvarc, Crni Vrh Observatory, reports the discovery of a new star-like object (mag about 15.2) on four unfiltered CCD images (limiting mag 18.5) taken during Oct. 26.010-26.037 UT in the course of the PIKA project at with the Crni Vrh 0.60-m f/3.3 Cichocki telescope. The new object is located at R.A. = 3h29m12s.26, Decl. = +12d50'17".6 (equinox 2000.0 presumed); nothing is visible at this location on Crni Vrh archival images taken on 2004 Sept. 10, Nov. 16, and 2005 Jan. 22 (limiting mag 18.5) or on several Palomar Sky Survey and 2MASS images from the Aladin database. Confirming unfiltered CCD images were taken with a 0.40-m f/3.6 telescope by R. Palcic at Rezman Observatory (Slovenia) during Oct. 26.905-26.909 showing the object at similar brightness. Following a request by E. O. Waagen to AAVSO members, several observers have sent their confirming observations. R. Miles, Stourton Caundle, Dorset, England, reports the following position end figures for the variable star (at V = 15.2-15.3) from unfiltered CCD images taken on Oct. 26.963 with a 0.28-m f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector: 12s.24 +/- 0s.01, 17".6 +/- 0".1. D. Boyd, West Challow, U.K., reports that his V-band CCD exposures with a 0.35-m Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector, presumably taken around Oct. 27.0 UT, yield V = 15.2, V-I about 0, and position end figures 12s.26 +/- 0s.19, 17".5 +/- 0".1; he adds that 4 hr of V- and I-band photometry shows a strong superhump signal with peak-to-peak amplitude 0.2 mag, indicating that it is probably a SU UMa-type cataclysmic variable. The mean superhump period over this 4-hr interval was 0.0541 +/- 0.0027 days. R. Stanton, Three Rivers, CA, reports unfiltered CCD mag approximately 15.4 on Oct. 27.25. NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars. (C) Copyright 2006 CBAT 2006 October 27 (CBET 701) Daniel W. E. Green