RX Mon previous data Re: [vsnet-obs 18486] RX Mon [vsnet-mira 3520] Georg Comello wrote: > About your comment on RX Mon I suppose that Mr. Hirosawa estimated the bright > star close to RX. The position of this bright star is not correct. RX Mon is > quite faint and higher powers are needed to estimate it now. There have been apparent discrepancies between reported magnitudes: YYMMDD(UT) mag observer 970403.860 127 (G. Comello) 971031.160 128 (G. Comello) 971108.119 127 (G. Comello) 971225.573 94 (K. Kanatsu) 980203.940 126 (G. Comello) 980321.800 128 (G. Comello) 981205.833 85 (K. Hirosawa) 981217.826 85 (K. Hirosawa) 981220.969 128 (G. Comello) The object has been observed either bright or faint, none between. I have identified RX Mon with the following Hipparcos variable; observers please check the chart used. GSC4825.1462 072921.26 -041643.9 (2000.0) 11.52 0 USNO0825.04991802 072921.329 -041643.88 (2000.0) 8.8 11.8 IRAS07268-0410 072652.4 -041028 (1950.0) F12=14.45 F25=5.25 F60=1.00 F100=1.00L VAR=34 LRS=14 blue featureless, spec.index=2.0 II: variable star with 'young' O-rich circumstellar shell 072921.1 -041657 (2000.0) RAFGL4603S 072921.1 -041657 (2000.0) TMSS00156 072921.5 -041643 (2000.0) IRAS07268-0410 14.040 5.038 0.955 1.000L 34% 2(LRS) 072921.5 -041643 (2000.0) SSC07268-0410 14.040 5.038 0.955 1.000L 072921.3 -041643 (2000.0) 1234 TYC4825.1462.1 072921.3 -041643 (2000.0) 1234HV3 1.50 HIP036394 plx=4.01(3.39) (0.00 0.51) P 9.01-13.22 072921.2 -041643 (2000.0) MONRX * M 9.6 <13.0 P 35800 345.7 - M6e-M9 R1/MON1