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TCP J20000302+2246516

TCP J20000302+2246516   2024 08 08.6465*  20 00 03.02 +22 46 51.6  10.0               Vul       0 6

2024 08 08.6465

Reported by Atsushi Izuka, Tambasasayama, Hyogo, Japan, using 0.25-m F3.4 Wright Schmidt camera + CMOS camera. A dim red star is visible at this location on the frames taken on 2024 Aug. 03.4979 UT by the same instrument. This star is listed in VSX as a Mira-type variable DQ Vul with mag. range 14.5-17.6 V, and recent ASAS-SN sky patrol (Hart et al. (2023) and Shappee et al. (2014)) reports <15mag. It can be a flare-up event of a variable. --- Seiichiro Naito and Isao Endoh (NAOJ)