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CBLA
Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Sat, 01/31/2015 - 15:24

Below is an image I took of RV Cas (00:52:42.78, +47:24:56.4) last night at 2015-01-31T03:36:48

I'm curious about the object shown by the red arrow.  I checked the MPC database and nothing turned up.  This position appears to coincide with a faint star in VSP.  Is this an outburst?

Thanks,

Blake

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PYG
Affiliation
British Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section (BAA-VSS)
Sat, 01/31/2015 - 15:40
Hi Blake,It's a Galaxy - NGC

Hi Blake,

It's a Galaxy - NGC 278.  GUIDE 9 software has it at magnitude 11.5.

The star is A2 1350 00874968 V=11.1, B=12.0 (also from GUIDE 9)

regards,

Gary [PYG]