NGC 1904 / C0522-245 / Messier 79
(Updated November 2009)

RA: 05:24:10.6  DEC: -24:31:27  (J2000)

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Bytes  Format      Explanation
1-8      A8        Star ID
10-32  A11,1x,A11  Position
34-35    A2        Units for position
                    R0 denotes RA, DEC in the J2000 coordinates
                    R5 denotes RA, DEC in the 1950 coordinates
                    XA denotes X, Y in arcseconds 
                    XP denotes X, Y in pixels
37-44   F8.4       Period  (days)
46-51   F6.3       Mean magnitude (or maximum magnitude if "max" 
                      is indicated in the remarks column)
53-57   F5.3       Light amplitude (range of variability)
59      A1         Colour for mean magnitude and amplitude
                    e.g.  B, V, R, I 
                    or P (for photographic).
61-65   A5         Type of variable (draft 2006 GCVS classifications)
                      NV denotes not variable
67-80   A19        Notes and Remarks  (f denotes field star)
 
 "--" or "----" indicates no data available
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ID       Position                     Period <mag>  ampl  C Type  Notes/
         RA/X        Dec/Y     Units                              Remarks
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1         29.6       -199.6      XA ----     16.0   --    P NV?   
2         78.3       -68.3       XA ----     14.5   0.6   P SR    
3         34.8       -64.4       XA   0.7360 16.3   0.8   P RR0   
4         93.4       -50.1       XA   0.6349 16.15  1.1   P RR0   
5        -11.6        20.2       XA ----     --     --          
6        -70.8        155.6      XA   0.3352 16.3   0.6   P RR1   
7         22.5       -15.2       XA ----     --     --      ?     
8         7.1        -11.7       XA ----     --     --      ?     
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Supplementary Notes and References

All of the data listed above for V1-6 are from the paper by Rosino
(1952, Bologna Pub 5, No. 20).  He could not study V5 because it
was too crowded on his plates. He made small corrections to the
y coordinates published by Bailey for V3 and V4 and commented that
his V3 was too faint to be detected on the print published by 
Bailey (1902).

The data for V7-8 are from Sawyer Hogg's 3rd (1973) catalogue.
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Discovery of the variable stars in M79:

V1-5
  Bailey (1902, Havard Annals Vol 38) with x,y coordinates (page 238) 
     and an ID chart (plate X, Fig 2, page 252.19)

V6
  Rosino, (1952, Bologna Pub 5, 20 = Mem Soc Ast It 23, 101) with
  x,y  coordinates and an ID chart for V1-6
   
V7-8
  Tsoo Yu-hua (reported to Sawyer Hogg in a 1965 letter)
  and announced in her 3rd (1973) catalogue.