[vsnet-id 703] BE Ara

[Hitoshi YAMAOKA <yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp>]

Dear coleagues,

  In examining an image of BF Ara taken by G. Bolt, I found a large
amplitude variable, which seems to be identified with Mira variable BE
Ara.  

  The variable was at mag about 12.5 (unfiltered, compared with
USNO-A2.0 red magnitude) on Aug. 21.5, 2002.  It seems to be
consistent with the maximum (14.6p) of BE Ara and its periodicity (max
= MJD 25410 + 224E, E=121) in the on-line GCVS.

  On the other hand, the identification of the on-line GCVS seems
incorrect.  It identify BE Ara with an USNO-A2.0 star at 17:37:38.2 
-47:12:29 (J2000.0).  The object I noticed is identified with the
other star which is also catalogued in USNO-A2.0 as: 

17:37:36.941 -47:12:26.17 (J2000.0) rmag=15.0 bmag=15.5

  Informations from other catalogues:
GSC1.2  17:37:37.00  -47:12:27.2  (J2000.0) mag=13.04
UCAC1   17:37:37.015 -47:12:26.93 (J2000.0) UCmag=14.47
GSC2.2  17:37:36.996 -47:12:26.72 (J2000.0) Rmag=12.54

Sincerely Yours,
Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan
yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp

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