> Was the star in outburst on GSC and USNO, or has a close companion? > > GSC3568.115 193437.31 +510738.0 (2000.0) 13.06 1 > GSC3568.115 193437.40 +510736.5 (2000.0) 14.41 1 > > USNO1350.10945543 193437.344 +510737.95 (2000.0) 13.5 14.5 > > Regards, > Taichi Kato The situation was not clear on single images, so I ordered the plate archives from the USNOFS PMM server, which showed the above star to have a very adjacent companion USNO A2.0 1350-10742181 293.650748 51.128384 blue=18.0 red=17.9 [ID from CDS Aladin server, RA/Dec in decimal degrees] which appears to be variable. Details of plates, & links to 3' field JPEGs centred on Taichi Kato's USNO position [quoted above] will remain in the USNOFS cache for a short while at:- http://vsnet.nofs.navy.mil/tmp/fchaaqFxa_fch.html !_Beware_ the nonfiltered images! Cheers John