2009CBET.1816....2N

Following posting on the Central Bureau's unconfirmed-objects webpage, other observers have reported their observations of this variable. K. Nishiyama (Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan) and F. Kabashima (Miyaki, Saga, Japan) report (via S. Nakano, K. Kinugasa, and H. Yamaoka) the following magnitudes from their CCD frames taken with a patrol camera (+ 106-mm-f.l. f/4 lens; limiting mag 12.9-13.8) in February and with a 40-cm reflector afterwards: Feb. 20.855, 10.9; 25.847, 10.4; 28.859, 11.4; Mar. 14.860, 13.2; May 19.665, 14.0; 22.728, 13.7. With the larger instrument, Nishiyama and Kabashima measured position end figures 05s.40, 21".7. G. Sostero, E. Guido, and P. Camilleri write that they obtained position end figures 05s.42, 22".0 and magnitudes R = 12.2, B = 13.8 from images obtained remotely on Mar. 13.44 with a 25-cm f/3.4 reflector at the GRAS Observatory near Mayhill, NM, U.S.A.; comparison with an Anglo-Australian Observatory Schmidt red plate (limiting magnitude about 20), obtained on 1991 Aug. 2, shows an extremely faint object at position end figures of 05s.38, 23".4 at the threshold of the plate (comparison images are posted at website URL http://tinyurl.com/defzqs.