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51 35 49N 04 05 50W
V505 Scuti
This Mira-type variable star was discovered on March 27, 2007 in the field of the BAAVSS's Recurrent Objects Programme (ROP) star EU Scuti (Nova Sct 1949).
Position: RA 18 56 14.79 Dec -04 12 49.0 (J2000)
Magnitude: 12.8 - 16.0 CV
Period: Intially reported as ~335 days, refined to 325 days in March 2015.
Discovery paper: BAAVSS Circular 134, December 2007. http://www.britastro.org/vss/vssc134.pdf
GSC 02873-03309
This ELL-type close contact binary was found on October 1, 2016 in the field of SDSS J032015.29+441059.3 and is listed as comparison star 139 in the archived AAVSO sequence X16680AAS.
Position: RA 03 20 11.86 +44 10 37.7 (J2000)
Magnitude: 13.89 - 13.98 V
Period: Revised from 0.4989 to 0.49963 days (11.991 hours) in VSX after incorporating ASASSN data.
Discovery paper: BAAVSS Circular 170, December 2016. http://www.britastro.org/vss/vssc170c.pdf
UCAC4 681-054961 (= ASASSN-V J140205.06+461100.4)
This EW type close contact binary was found during a search for suitable comparison stars to measure an outburst of ASASSN-16fy in June 2016.
Position: RA 14 02 05.51 +46 11 00.33 (J2000)
Magnitude: 14.5 - 14.85 V
Period: Initially estimated as 0.276616(8) days, revised to 0.276689(2) days after incorporating ASASSN data..
Discovery paper: BAAVSS Circular 175, March 2018.
http://www.britastro.org/vss/VSSC175.pdf
