LkHa 208

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American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 02:14

Observers might like to try this new star on the YSO programme. It doesn't have a variable name yet, even though it's been known for some time. The current name comes from the Lick catalogue of H-alpha stars (not all of which are variable) and the star is at the centre of a double-fan nebula in the North of Orion called Cederblad 62. According to the Russian Astronomical Journal vol 73:194 the range is 11.6-13.0 so shouldn't be too difficult for modest scopes.

Please Note... a sequence has been produced, but please give Mike and the sequence team time to have a look at it first, and upload it to VSP!

Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Identity of LkHa 208

Having been advised by Mike to do a search in VSX, it turns out that this star does have a variable name, NSV 2834. And Wolfgang Renz has pointed out that the journal name is incorrect. It should be
 Astronomicheskij Zhurnal. Vol. 73, no. 2, pp. 194-202. Mar.-Apr. 1996 and full details are available at this page on Vizier. It turns out that there is a translation of the article at the ADS but the link does not seem to work, so try the Vizier link instead.

Affiliation
Groupe Europeen d'Observations Stellaires (GEOS)
LkHa 208 paper

The mentioned paper of LkHa 208 = NSV 2834:
http://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=41458
has three related ADS entries:

- http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996AZh....73..194G
for the the russion original. But its ADS entry is currently missing.

- http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996ARep...40..171G
for the english translation that points to a dead page on the russian site.

- http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996yCat..80730194G
for the online VizieR table originating from the paper at:
http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=J/AZh/73/194

CS
Wolfgang