Position from USNO-A2.0
RA, Dec (J2000) 270.06603 +6.90193
Patrick Wils, 2002 August 15
Observations by TASS ( http://www.tass-survey.org/tass/tass.shtml, courtesy Tom Droege) show that the Mira star V398 Oph may be identified as
GSC2.2 N020021049033 (18 00 15.848 +06 54 06.57) USNO-A2.0 0900-11197263 (18 00 15.834 +06 54 06.95)while the GCVS position is more than 1' to the north. The star may also be identical to the IRAS faint source F17578+0654.