Re: variability of GSC 4004 1031? Perhaps I had better make a commnet that GSC 4004 1031 = LS Cas, since the title could read detection of a new variable star. Identifications: GSC4004.1031 233809.88 +560146.8 (2000.0) 13.60 1 USNO1425.15499477 233809.890 +560146.94 (2000.0) 10.7 15.8 IRAS23357+5545 233546.5 +554511 (1950.0) F12=6.92 F25=1.90 F60=0.44L F100=7.58L VAR=17 LRS= 1 low S/N blue possibly I: oxygen-rich non-variable star without circumstellar shell 233809.6 +560148 (2000.0) CS5901 15 11 8 CASLS 233810.2 +560147 (2000.0) IRAS23357+5545 6.718 1.885 0.434L 7.272L 17% 2(LRS) 233810.2 +560147 (2000.0) SSC23357+5545 6.718 1.885 0.434L 7.272L 233809.8 +560146 (2000.0) CASLS * M 14.4 16.9 B 31385 340 - Ce(Ne) R1/CAS1