[vsnet-chat 4401] re AY Dra

[crawl@zoom.co.uk]

Ondrej wrote:

>Recently, about one GCVS period after last maximum, AY Dra
>has been reported bright again. The yesterday's observations
>by DPV suggest that the decline has started. We are planning
>to conduct both CCD and visual monitoring to determine the
>exact value of minimum brightness. However, we need more
>accurate magnitudes of comparisons than GSC and USNO. Can
>anyone help?
>
GSC 3875 0779 lies about 1 degree North and is V 10.30, B-V 0.40, V-R 0.26,
V-I 0.50 according to Brian Skiff's LONEOS photometry compilation.

There are 3 more stars from his file near NGC 5907, but that's over 3
degrees away.

Cheers, John

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