Sebastian Otero asked for a comparison table to check the magnitudes in the field of V348 Sgr. Here is the data. I will leave it to others to make any analysis. GSC UCAC1 AAVSO Heck Tycho err Tycho err 'V' V V B-V 6858-02252 10.77 10.75 10.49 0.07 0.93 0.11 6858-02278 10.36 10.52 0.08 1.26 0.21 6858-01964 11.19 110 11.05 10.87 0.09 0.62 0.10 6858-01727 10.78 109 11.06 6858-02920 11.73 11.54 11.23 0.13 0.57 0.15 6858-02438 11.72 115 11.48 11.41 0.15 0.41 0.14 6858-01425 11.80 11.42 0.16 0.54 0.18 6858-02962 11.91 11.77 11.69 0.20 0.41 0.19 6858-02176 11.00 106 11.75 0.24 -0.32 0.09 The V (PEP) magnitudes are from Heck et.al., A&AS,61,375H,1985, and are the means from several nights observations. Errors are quoted as being < +/-0.04 mag. The UCAC1 'V' values are from the polynomial regression: V=0.027U**2 - 0.666U + 3.784, were U is the raw UCAC1 magnitude. I have included the errors for the Tycho-2 magnitudes, as suggested by Brian Skiff, so that an indication of the accuracy of the derived Tycho-2 magnitudes can be obtained. Note that GSC 6858-01727 is quite red (b-y=1.10, Heck, et.a al.) and was therefore not measured during the Tycho experiment. The UCAC1 'V' magnitude for this star would thus also be about 0.2 too bright. The Tycho-2 magnitude of 11.75 for GSC 6858-02176 appears to be about 1 magnitude too faint, as a check of the 4 minute SERC-V DSS image (20 July 1987) will show. Bruce Sumner