Circular No. 7214

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VARIABLE STAR TOWARDS UGC 11289

M. Modjaz and W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley, on behalf of the Lick Observatory Supernova Search, report the discovery with the 0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) of a variable star in the field of UGC 11289. The possible cataclysmic variable, discovered and confirmed on unfiltered images taken on July 1.4 (mag about 17.8) and 2.4 UT (mag about 18.9), is located R.A. = 18h35m56s.27, Decl. = +22o26'40".0 (equinox 2000.0; finding chart http://astron.berkeley.edu/~bait/1999/cv_1.html). A KAIT image of the same field on June 27.4 (limiting mag 19.0) and 25.4 (limiting mag 19.5) showed nothing at this position.

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