Fei Du, Siyuan Feng, Jingyuan Zhao, Yanxi Li, Wenjie Zhou, Jianlin Xu, Yi Ding, Guoyou Sun, Jiangao Ruan, Mi Zhang, Xing Gao (Xingming Observatory) report the discovery of a variable star candidate (16.86 G). The source appears to correspond to object SDSS-DR12 J032622.98+380012.3 (22.68 g) in the The SDSS Photometric Catalogue Release 12. Discovery was made on one 30-s survey image (limiting mag about 19.0) taken by Xing Gao around 2021 Nov. 13.84141 UT at Xingming Observatory #2 (N89) using a unfiltered CCD (0.5-m f/4 reflector). Images can be found at: http://xjltp.china-vo.org/psp21ah.html
NET Gaia DR2
PSP21ah C2021 11 11.84840 03 26 23.05 +38 00 12.1 18.38G N89
PSP21ah C2021 11 13.84141 03 26 23.05 +38 00 11.3 16.86G N89
PSP21ah C2021 11 14.62363 03 26 22.98 +38 00 12.4 17.20G N88
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Discovery image taken by N89 around 2021 Nov. 13.84141 UT | Pre-discovery image taken by N89 around 2021 Nov. 11.84840 UT | PS image |