[vsnet-alert 10888] [FWD] RE: possible new cataclysmic variable in Ursa Major

[Hitoshi YAMAOKA]

>Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 20:55:59 +0000
From: Jeremy Shears <bunburyobservatory at hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: possible new cataclysmic variable in Ursa Major

I can confirm there is a star in the position you indicated:

2009 Jan 3.863  14. 8C

the comparison I used was GSC 3438-208 (14.05).
Takahashi FS102 fluorite refractor with Starlight Xpress SXV-M7 unfiltered CCD.

I will continue to monitor this star=2C but the conditions are poor.

Jeremy Shears,
Cheshire, UK