Dear colleagues! I would like to send you observations of a new variable star (BeV5), which I have discovered in a systematic CCD-based search for new variables. Instruments (K.Bernhard): CCD-camera: Starlight SX Telescope: Celestron-8 (20 cm Schmidt-Cassegrain) New variable star: new BeV5 062040.0 N061608.2 (2000) 11.6 12.1(ccd) comments: BeV5: GSC 144 1300 The range of 11.6-12.1 mag and the slow variation of brightness suggests a semiregular variable (SR). Comparison star is for all following observations of W.Quester (QU.BAV) and K.Bernhard (Be) GSC 144 1333 (12.5 mag), which was prooved to be constant. object YYMMDD(UT) mag code BeV5 980110.934 11.85 Be BeV5 980117.919 11.81 Be BeV5 980126.903 11.62 Be BeV5 980201.860 11.70 Be BeV5 980203.860 11.66 Be BeV5 980204.857 11.71 Be BeV5 980205.891 11.64 Be BeV5 980206.921 11.62 Be BeV5 980208.883 11.70 Be BeV5 980211.846 11.72 Be BeV5 980217.814 11.73 Be BeV5 980218.816 11.70 Be BeV5 980218.865 11.71 Be BeV5 980220.807 11.68 Be BeV5 980221.830 11.66 Be BeV5 980226.850 11.74 Be BeV5 980301.788 11.82 Be BeV5 980308.767 11.99 Be BeV5 980309.781 11.95 Be BeV5 980309.862 11.93 Be BeV5 980310.861 11.88 Be BeV5 980311.809 11.97 Be BeV5 980313.844 11.99 Be BeV5 980320.794 12.08 Be BeV5 980325.777 12.03 Be BeV5 980326.793 12.08 Be BeV5 980328.786 12.16 Be BeV5 980329.781 12.10 Be BeV5 980330.776 12.10 Be BeV5 980331.798 12.10 Be BeV5 980410.798 12.11 Be BeV5 980411.798 12.07 Be BeV5 980414.799 11.95 Be BeV5 980416.803 11.99 Be The variability of GSC 144 1300 was confirmed by observations of Wolfgang Quester (QU.BAV). The almost constant difference in the observed brightness of about 0.25 mag between measurements of W.Quester and K.Bernhard can be explained by the use of CCD-cameras with different spectral sensitiveness. Instruments (W.Quester): CCD-camera: SBIG ST-7 with filter KG5/2 Telescope: 20 cm Cass. f/6.4 object YYMMDD(UT) mag code BeV5 980218.867 11.49 QU.BAV BeV5 980218.867 11.46 QU.BAV BeV5 980218.869 11.48 QU.BAV BeV5 980226.809 11.52 QU.BAV BeV5 980226.811 11.52 QU.BAV BeV5 980310.799 11.68 QU.BAV BeV5 980310.802 11.73 QU.BAV BeV5 980310.804 11.74 QU.BAV BeV5 980321.803 11.88 QU.BAV BeV5 980321.806 11.87 QU.BAV BeV5 980321.808 11.85 QU.BAV BeV5 980324.800 11.83 QU.BAV BeV5 980324.802 11.83 QU.BAV BeV5 980324.804 11.84 QU.BAV BeV5 980408.867 11.78 QU.BAV BeV5 980408.868 11.77 QU.BAV BeV5 980408.869 11.76 QU.BAV Regards, Klaus Bernhard Klaus Bernhard Wolfgang Quester Kafkaweg 5 Wilhelmstr. 96 B13 A-4030 LINZ D-73730 ESSLINGEN AUSTRIA GERMANY e-mail: e-mail: klaus.bernhard@vpn.at wquester@aol.com