Dear colleagues, New variable star discovery by the MISAO Project (MisV0794). MisV0794 R.A. 17h59m07s.78 Decl. -27o29'27".0 (2000.0) Mag. 11.6C-12.8C Type SR? = USNO-A2.0_0600.29812584 17 59 07.780 -27 29 27.01 16.8R 17.0B http://vsnet.info.waseda.ac.jp/muraoka/members/seiichi/misao/data/MisV/MisV0794.gif MisV0794 19990408.75605 116C Mis MisV0794 19990604.62189 120C Mis MisV0794 19990604.62278 122C Mis MisV0794 19990604.62519 123C Mis MisV0794 19990612.59257 128C Mis MisV0794 19990612.59454 128C 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. V1723 Sgr is 1.4 arcmin from MisV0794. V1723 Sgr was detected as a 17 mag star. Although the variability of V1723 Sgr was not confirmed, MisV0794 is probably another new variable star. 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