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[vsnet-chat 5447] Re: MisV1147 = HBHA 65-63



Dear colleagues,

Dr. Skiff wrote [vsnet-chat 5011] :
>      You may wish to try calibrating against stars appearing near the object
> of interest from my large photometric reference file.  In this case, there is
> a BVRI sequence by Henden not too far away near the variable V627 Cas.

On Jan. 14, Arne A. Henden kindly observed the field around MisV1147
and published the UBVRI photometry data. So I measured the proper
magnitude of MisV1147 from the DSS images using them.

* Comparison stars

USNO-A2.0 1425.14251647  22h53m50s.006 +58o55'02".92  Mag(R):13.1  Mag(B):13.9
USNO-A2.0 1425.14259750  22h54m07s.786 +58o57'39".45  Mag(R):13.1  Mag(B):13.8
USNO-A2.0 1425.14254125  22h53m55s.506 +58o55'44".18  Mag(R):13.6  Mag(B):14.4
USNO-A2.0 1425.14251846  22h53m50s.448 +58o50'36".08  Mag(R):14.1  Mag(B):15.1
USNO-A2.0 1425.14250212  22h53m46s.792 +58o51'12".97  Mag(R):14.6  Mag(B):15.7
USNO-A2.0 1425.14252129  22h53m51s.069 +58o53'34".10  Mag(R):15.5  Mag(B):16.4
USNO-A2.0 1425.14261595  22h54m11s.951 +58o54'00".63  Mag(R):15.3  Mag(B):16.5

* UBVRI photometry by Henden of comparison stars

                             V      B-V    U-B    V-R    R-I
A: USNO-A2.0 1425.14251647  12.715  0.644  0.136  0.384  0.367
B: USNO-A2.0 1425.14259750  13.191  0.434 -0.018  0.303  0.330
C: USNO-A2.0 1425.14254125  13.496  0.782  0.263  0.482  0.480
D: USNO-A2.0 1425.14251846  14.301  0.761  0.347  0.471  0.478
E: USNO-A2.0 1425.14250212  14.995  0.968  0.400  0.614  0.563
F: USNO-A2.0 1425.14252129  15.500  0.781  0.347  0.502  0.523
G: USNO-A2.0 1425.14261595  15.600  0.900  0.328  0.548  0.576

                             B       R       I
A: USNO-A2.0 1425.14251647  13.359  12.331  11.964
B: USNO-A2.0 1425.14259750  13.625  12.888  12.558
C: USNO-A2.0 1425.14254125  14.278  13.014  12.534
D: USNO-A2.0 1425.14251846  15.062  13.830  13.352
E: USNO-A2.0 1425.14250212  15.963  14.381  13.818
F: USNO-A2.0 1425.14252129  16.281  14.998  14.475
G: USNO-A2.0 1425.14261595  16.500  15.052  14.476

* Temporary magnitude measured from the DSS images

They are relative magnitude, converting the pixel count into
logarithm, regarding MisV1147 as the zero point.

                       A     B     C     D     E     F     G    MisV1147
DSS1 R  1953 Oct. 31  -0.80 -0.52 -0.62 -0.26 -0.05 +0.31 +0.29  +0.00
DSS2 Bj 1989 Sept. 2  -0.83 -0.67 -0.50 -0.12 +0.23 +0.47 +0.55  +0.00
DSS2 R  1991 Sept. 3  -0.39 -0.20 -0.21 +0.22 +0.50 +0.89 +0.92  +0.00
DSS2 I  1993 Aug. 16  -0.71 -0.39 -0.57 -0.03 +0.13 +0.53 +0.51  +0.00

* Translating formula from temporary magnitude to real magnitude

DSS1 R  1953 Oct. 31  mag = 14.36 + 2.43 * mag'
DSS2 Bj 1989 Sept. 2  mag = 15.30 + 2.30 * mag'
DSS2 R  1991 Sept. 3  mag = 13.29 + 1.98 * mag'
DSS2 I  1993 Aug. 16  mag = 13.46 + 1.98 * mag'

* Real magnitude

                       A     B     C     D     E     F     G    MisV1147
DSS1 R  1953 Oct. 31  12.41 13.09 12.85 13.73 14.24 15.11 15.06  14.36
DSS2 Bj 1989 Sept. 2  13.39 13.76 14.15 15.02 15.82 16.37 16.56  15.30
DSS2 R  1991 Sept. 3  12.52 12.90 12.88 13.73 14.29 15.06 15.12  13.29
DSS2 I  1993 Aug. 16  12.06 12.69 12.33 13.40 13.72 14.51 14.47  13.46

* Difference between real magnitude and Henden's magnitude

                       A     B     C     D     E     F     G
DSS1 R  1953 Oct. 31  -0.08 -0.21 +0.16 +0.10 +0.14 -0.11 -0.01
DSS2 Bj 1989 Sept. 2  -0.03 -0.13 +0.13 +0.04 +0.14 -0.09 -0.06
DSS2 R  1991 Sept. 3  -0.19 -0.01 +0.14 +0.10 +0.09 -0.06 -0.07
DSS2 I  1993 Aug. 16  -0.09 -0.13 +0.20 -0.05 +0.10 -0.03 +0.01

* Conclusion

On the R-band plates, it was evidently brighter in 1991 than in 1953.
The difference is about 1 mag.

On the Bj-band and I-band plates, it was as bright as USNO-A2.0
1425.14251846 (14.1R, 15.1B). On the R-band plates, it was fainter
than it in 1953, and brighter than it in 1991.

The USNO-A2.0 1425.14251846 is 14.3 mag in V-band by Henden. However,
MisV1147 was about 1 mag brighter than this star in most visual
observations in 2002.

Best regards,

--
Seiichi Yoshida
comet@aerith.net
http://vsnet.aerith.net/

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