Mark IV measurements of GSC 00763-00572

See data from DS23 at http://stupendous.rit.edu/tass/data/ds23/gsc_00763-00572.dat

John Greaves:

Although the colour is _just_ a little red (around BT-VT 0.6 according
to Tycho) and the period near the longish side of the range, Star 61620
in collected.big on TASS data CD 23 (GSC 0763 0572) appears to be either
a field SX Pheonix variable or a delta Scutid variable of V 10.6 to 11.1
range in 0.173 days.  The light curve is fairly symmetric and ever so
slightly variable in amplitude, especially around minimum.

It is not listed in either the latest online GCVS (includes all
namelists to date), the NSV or the NSV supplement, nor in a plethora of
unofficial to quasi-official amateur and/or professional survey lists.

The period could do with some refinement, but plots as a phase diagram
quite well with the four nights together providing half to two thirds of
a full cycle.

Should be confirmable in one nights run come winter's return.

(NB Welch-Stetson Statistic was 56)

Doug Welch

Nice catch! It is definitely a short-period beast and you may
have the correct period. Note however that 0.3511 days also
phases it pretty nicely but it would have to be a close 
eclipsing binary for the longer period.

John Greaves

In the group of individual stars of interest, GSC 00763-00572
was reported as being of suspect variability by Bernhard in February
2002, being BhrV103 in his list.  For this one he has one long run
covering around half of one cycle just a couple of nights before Tom's
_last_ night of measures for it.