Following suspected variable was found durning my scan of Amateur FITS Archive: AFASV_M31_298 AFASV_M31_298 amplitude=0.30 mag R. A. (2000) Decl. image 9.25 0 42 30.967 + 40 57 13.92 so1 9.55 0 42 31.041 + 40 57 11.42 ugm NOTE: Not a real variable? images: so1: Mauro Facchini, Obsservatorio di Cavezzo, 0.20- m reflector f2.8, CCD Starlight HX516 date: 26/06/00 time: 00:15:26 UT ugm: Mauro Facchini, Obsservatorio di Cavezzo, 0.13- m reflector f4, CCD Starlight HX516 date: 06/09/00 time: 00:40:00 UT IDS FROM VIZIER: AGK3 (Dieckvoss, Heckmann 1975): dif: 0.1059 RA: 00 42 30.43 Decl: +40 57 15.3 + 40 58 0 Pmag: 9.7 Spec: G0 NLTT Catalogue (Luyten, 1979): dif: 0.17 RA: 00 42 30 Decl: +40 57.2 name: +40:145 Rmag: 8.9 Ptg: 9.8 Sptype: g-k PPM: dif: 0.0118 RA: 00 42 30.99 Decl: +40 57 13.2 PPMID: 43221 DM: +40 0145 Mag: 9.7 sp: G0 dif: 0.0204 RA: 00 42 30.86 Decl: +40 57 13.6 TICID1: 2801 TICID2: 2009 Bmag: 9.90+/-0.10 GSC: dif: 0.0336 RA: 00 42 30.79 Decl: +40 57 14.2 GSCID 0280102009 Mag: 9.22+/-0.44 The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues (ESA 1997): dif: 0.0195 RA: 00 42 30.992 Decl: +40 57 13.46 HIPID: 3333 Vmag: 9.28 The ACT Reference Catalog (Urban+ 1997): dif: 0.0086 RA: 00 42 30.987 Decl: +40 57 13.42 BTmag: 10.204 VTmag: 9.444 TYCID: 280100200901 IRAS source (IRAS Serendipitous Survey Catalog (IPAC 1986)): IRAS 00397+4040 dif: 0.156 RA: 00 42 30.2 Decl: +40 57 12 MSX Infrared Astrometric Catalog (Egan+ 1996): dif: 0.0139 RA: 00 42 31.00 Decl: +40 57 13.1 MSX5C A 6252 SKY2000 - Master Star Catalog, Version 2 (Sande+ 1998): dif: 0.0085 RA: 00 42 30.99 Decl: +40 57 13.5 ID: J004230.99+405713.4 Vmag: 9.370 B-V: 0.676 Sp: G0 2MASS: dif: 0.0101 RA: 00 42 30.96 Decl: +40 57 13.3 Jmag: 8.087+/-0.034 Hmag: 7.800+/-0.028 Kmag: 7.743+/-0.030 Best regards, Maciej Reszelski