The current VSNET campaign on V446 Her might benefit from an accurate comparison star sequence. Such a sequence follows. Visual observers only need use the stars listed in Part a. Regards, Bruce Sumner --------------- 156 V446 HERCULIS (NA) Range: 2.8-18.8p Position: 18 57 21.61 +13 14 28.9 (J2000, from .dat file) Magnitude: V=16.121 B-V=0.472 (from .dat file) ID RA (2000) DEC X Y N V ERR B-V ERR a) Comparison star sequence 1 18 57 31.2 +13 16 46 139 137 7 12.518 0.054 1.282 0.075 2 18 57 23.6 +13 13 16 30 -73 7 12.586 0.045 0.614 0.053 3 18 57 09.4 +13 16 11 -178 102 7 13.236 0.016 0.891 0.013 4 18 57 02.7 +13 12 11 -276 -138 7 13.419 0.014 1.213 0.015 5 18 57 40.2 +13 17 11 271 162 7 13.777 0.019 0.526 0.012 6 18 57 22.8 +13 14 17 18 -13 7 14.048 0.019 0.941 0.018 7 18 57 15.7 +13 15 11 -86 42 7 14.459 0.011 0.872 0.017 8 18 57 26.4 +13 14 53 70 24 7 15.173 0.022 0.878 0.011 9 18 57 20.9 +13 14 13 -10 -16 7 15.693 0.015 2.132 0.058 10 18 57 20.4 +13 13 55 -18 -34 7 16.103 0.019 1.674 0.029 11 18 57 17.3 +13 13 46 -63 -43 7 16.506 0.032 1.868 0.080 12 18 57 27.1 +13 14 17 81 -12 7 17.414 0.043 1.270 0.036 13 18 57 20.2 +13 14 20 -20 -9 7 18.028 0.073 1.459 0.379 b) Wide-colour extension for CCD calibration 18 57 37.9 +13 09 38 238 -291 5 12.947 0.016 0.492 0.014 18 57 25.1 +13 08 56 51 -333 4 14.329 0.017 0.499 0.010 18 57 44.6 +13 10 55 336 -214 2 12.511 0.058 0.519 0.058 18 57 15.2 +13 16 13 -93 104 7 14.263 0.013 2.272 0.021 18 57 38.7 +13 17 13 249 164 7 14.511 0.027 2.295 0.023 18 57 31.8 +13 13 02 150 -87 7 13.319 0.011 2.333 0.015 Notes: 1. Stars 1 and 2 are saturated, and their magnitudes should be used for guidance only. 2. There is a photoelectric sequence of some of the brighter stars in this field in a paper by Stienon, PASP,75,45S,1963. The stars common to the two sequences are: Henden Stienon Star V B-V V B-V 1 12.518 1.282 12.49 1.46 2 12.586 0.614 12.65 0.61 3 13.236 0.891 13.31 0.91 4 13.419 1.213 13.46 1.39 3. The bright star HD 175959 is located only 1.7 arcmin north of the variable. It was measured by Stienon as follows: V=8.90 B-V=1.55. 4. This field is predominantly populated with red stars, and it is impossible to create a sequence composed of stars of similar colour. Observers should be aware that the bright half of this sequence are mostly blue stars, whereas the fainter half of the sequence are mostly red stars. 5. V446 Her is the NE optical member of a very tight quadruple cluster of 18 and 19 magnitude stars, all located inside a circle of 5 arcsec diameter. Magnitudes of the individual components will be reported later. Bruce Sumner 6 September 2000