Dear all, I have performed astrometry of CP Dra using the image taken at Kyoto. Using 14 GSC-ACT stars as references, the location is: R. A. = 10h15m39s.88, Decl. = +73o26'05".4 (J2000.0). It shows good agreement with the position by A. Henden (10:15:39.85 +73:26:05.2, vsnet-chat 4105), besides somewhat disagrees with the position by T. Vanmunster (vsnet-alert 5711, vsnet-campaign-dn 532). The reason of this disagreement would probably be that Tonny used the USNO-A2.0 coordinates for references, whose epoch (1953.179) is older than GSC-ACT (1984.099). The DSS2 R image shows a faint object at this position which was not catalogued in USNO or such. Its rmag is about 19.5. Sincerely Yours, Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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