NSV 8001

Coords from Aladin:

ICRS 2000.0 coordinates      16 51 24.98 +08 18 53.8 

John Greaves, 2002 July 12

Tom's "July" dataset shows the LPV-hood of this object, with a V-I of
greater than +3 and three nights of observations that suggest Mira but
do not preclude SR.

Again, another candidate more suited to visual follow up.

From Tom's data max mag is going to be around 11 in V, which more or
less agrees with TA Q1992/027 photographic info, the ROTSE1 10.4 CCD
mag, and improves on the "13p" max known mag in the NSV.

Minimum may be a bit low for visual observers though (less than mag 16
apparently) and highly seasonal LPVs are problematic with respect to
observation runs, but here's an LPV that only needs to be followed to be
defined, it's nature being pretty certain.

(Also mentioned because it appears to be the "July" dataset's WS index
record holder).

Taichi Kato, 2002 July 12

  Already well-established object.  See e.g.

http://www.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/gcvs/NSV08001.html

Chris Lloyd, 2002 July 13:

Well spotted John. NSV8001 is a large amplitude Mira, I don't have my
notes here so I can't tell you the period - but period there is. I've been
working with Mike Collins photographic stuff and visual observations, and
am in the process of writing it up