Dear colleagues, New variable star discovery by the MISAO Project (MisV0481). MisV0481 R.A. 17h58m40s.69 Decl. -28o12'25".7 (2000.0) Mag. 9.9C-11.9C Type SR? = IRAS 17555-2812 R.A.=17 58 41.16 Decl.=-28 12 25.7 (32 x 5", p.a.=91) flux(12)=4.35 flux(25)=2.07 flux(60)=<17.91 flux(100)=<218.60 16% variable http://vsnet.info.waseda.ac.jp/muraoka/members/seiichi/misao/data/MisV/MisV0481.gif MisV0481 19990408.75661 119C Mis MisV0481 19990430.74204 116C Mis MisV0481 19990430.74247 116C Mis MisV0481 19990923.43274 99C Mis MisV0481 19990923.43324 100C Mis It was detected by the PIXY system as one of the candidates of new variable stars from images taken by KenIchi Kadota, Ageo City, Saitama, Japan, then confirmed by Seiichi Yoshida. The spectral type is M8III (Buscombe W., "Twelveth General Catalogue of MK Spectral Classification", Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Illinois, 1995). Please see the URL below for the MISAO Project and the PIXY system. http://vsnet.info.waseda.ac.jp/muraoka/members/seiichi/misao/ -- Seiichi Yoshida seiichi@muraoka.info.waseda.ac.jp http://vsnet.info.waseda.ac.jp/muraoka/members/seiichi/index.html