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	Name	Constellation	Object Type	Magnitudes	Dob	small	binocs	sky	magnification	Right Ascension	Declination	notes	page	Season	additional description	
																
	BM Orionis	Orion	Variable Star	7.9-8.65; 6.47 days	1	1	x	any	high	5 H 35.3 min.	-5¡ 23'	eclipsing variable  in the Trapezium	55	Jan.-Mar	most northerly of the Trapezium stars	
	V1016 Orionis	Orion	Variable Star	6.7-7.65; 65.43 days	1	1	x	any	medium	5 H 35.3 min.	-5¡ 23'	eclipsing variable  in the Trapezium	55	Jan.-Mar	most westerly of the four bright Trapezium stars	
	LY Aurigae	Auriga	Variable	6.66-7.35; 4.00 days	1	1	1	any	any	5 H 29.7 min.	35¡ 23'	eclipsing variable star near M38	71	Jan.-Mar		
	VZ Cancri	Cancer	Variable Star	7.18-7.91; 4.28 hours	1	1	2	any	any	8 H 40.9 min.	9¡ 49'	variable star in Cancer	94	Apr.-Jun.	dynamic variable: compare with nearby 37 Cancri	
	"Y CVn, La Superba"	Canes Venatici	Carbon Star	4.86-5.88; 268 days	2	2	2	any	low	14 H 41.1 min.	13¡ 44'	carbon star near Cor Caroli	113	Apr.-Jun.	"beautiful deep red in binoculars, finder, or any telescope"	
	Beta Lyrae	Lyra	Variable (& double) Star	"3.3-4.3, 12.9 days"	1	1	1	any	low	18 H 50.1 min.	33¡ 22Õ'	eclipsing variable (and wide double)	131	Jul.-Sep.	famous eclipsing variable star near M57	
	R Cygni	Cygnus	Variable Star	6.1-14.4; 426 days	1	1	x	any	low	19 H 36.8 min.	50¡ 12'	red variable star	135	Jul.-Sep.	"red variable - ranging in brihghtness from easy to see in a finder to invisible in an 8"" Dob"	
	R Scuti	Scutum	Variable Star	4.2-8.6; 146 days	1	1	1	any	low	18 H 47.5 min.	-5¡ 43'	variable star near M11	141	Jul.-Sep.	variable star close to M11	
	U Sagittarii	Sagittarius	Cepheid Variable Star	6.28-7.16; 6 days and 18 hours	1	1	1	any	low	18 H 31.8 min.	-19¡ 22'	Cepheid variable star	145	Jul.-Sep.	"Cepheid variable in M25; at maximum, clearly the brightest in the cluster - at minimum, not"	
	RR Scorpii	Scorpius	Variable Star	5.0-12.4; 281 days	1	1	x	dark	medium	16 H 56.6 min.	-30¡ 35'	variable star near M62	155	Jul.-Sep.	"red Mira-type variable, ranging from just short of naked-eye to too dim for a small 'scope"	
	BM Scorpii	Scorpius	Variable Star	5.25-6.46	1	1	x	any	low	17 H 41.0 min.	-32¡ 13'	variable star in M6	157	Jul.-Sep.	bright orange variable star near eastern (trailing) edge of M6	
	HD 160202	Scorpius	Flare Star	"6.7, except during rare flares"	1	1	1	any	low	17 H 40.0 min.	 -31¡ 12'	flare star	158	Jul.-Sep.	normally just one of the brighter stars in M6 - but be alert for a flare!	
	Rho Persei	Perseus	Variable Star	3.3-4.0; 50 days	1	1	2	any	low	3 H 5.2 min.	38¡ 51'	variable star in Perseus	183	Oct.-Dec.	"red giant variable star near Algol, ranging from equal to Kappa Persei to half as bright"	
	"Beta Persei, Algol"	Perseus	Variable Star	"2.12-3.39; 2 days, 20.8 hours"	1	1	2	any	low	3 H 8.2 min.	40¡ 57'	"Algol, famous eclipsing variable star"	183	Oct.-Dec.	"the 'demon star'; normally almost a match for Mirfak, in eclipse it's dimmer than Delta Persei"	
	RZ Cassiopeiae	Cassiopeia	Variable Star	"6.18-7.21; 1 day, 4.7 hours"	1	1	1	any	low	2 H 48.8 min.	69¡ 39'	dramatic eclipsing variable star	188	North	rapidly changing eclipsing variable	
	SU Cassiopeiae	Cassiopeia	Variable Star	"5.7-6.18; 1 day, 22.8 hours"	1	1	1	any	low	2 H 51.9 min.	68¡ 53'	Cepheid variable star	188	North	variable star near RZ Cassiopeiae	
	ZZ (L) Carinae	Carina	Variable	3.3-4.2; 35.5 days	1	1	1	any	low	10 H 54.4 min.	-58¡ 47'	Cepheid variable star	227	South