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IAUC 3385: HR 1099; V1057 Cyg; NEW GALAXY OF ThE LOCAL GROUP; 9 Cep

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                                                  Circular No. 3385
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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HR 1099
     P. A. Feldman, J. M. MacLeod and B. H. Andrew, Herzberg Institute
of Astrophysics, report the detection of strong radio flaring
from the RS CVn-binary HR 1099 with the 46-m telescope of the Algonquin
Radio Observatory.  The flare was first detected on July 19d14h45m
UT with a flux density of ~ 0.5 Jy at 10.76 GHz; the flux
density reached 1.2 Jy on July 21d09h30m.   VLBI, x-ray and IUE
observations are especially urged.


V1057 CYGNI
     A. Kunert, Wilhelm Foerster Observatory, writes: "Six plates
(Orwo ZU 2 emulsion) taken by U. Hopp, M. Kiehl and S. Witzigmann
with the 30-cm f/5 astrograph at the Hoher List Observatory and centered
on V1500 Cyg give a mean magnitude for V1057 Cyg of B = 12.8
+/- 0.1 at mean date 1978 July 30 (+/- 2d).  The sequence used is the
same as that of Gieseking (cf. IAUC 3364)."


NEW GALAXY OF ThE LOCAL GROUP
     C. Kowal, Hale Observatories, reports the discovery of a dwarf
galaxy which is probably a new member of the local group.  It was
found on Kodak IIIa-J plates obtained with the 122-cm Schmidt telescope
at Palomar on July 25 and 26.  The object has blue mpg ~ 17,
has diameter ~ 90", and is resolved into stars.  The galaxy is a
few degrees from NGC 6822, at R.A. = 19h27m03s, Decl. = -17o47' (equinox
1950.0); it is also faintly visible on a blue Sky Survey plate.


9 CEPHEI
     S. P. Tarafdar, K. S. Krishna Swamy and M. S. Vardya, Tata Institute
of Fundamental Research, Bombay, report: "Circumstellar CO
lines around 9 Cep, a B2Ib-type star having E(B-V) ~ 0.47, have
been observed in the ultraviolet spectra obtained by the International
Ultraviolet Explorer.  The lines show an average short-wavelength
shift of 445 km/s with respect to interstellar lines, implying
a rate-of-mass-loss => 8 x 10**-11 Ms per year.  This is the first
positive identification of a molecule in the circumstellar shell of
an early-type hot star."


1979 July 27                   (3385)              Daniel W. E. Green

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