IRAS 21443+4329

IRAS 21443+4329 has only been under observation since July 2004.  The light curve shows it to be a Mira star with an amplitude of
12.0-<16.3

Until April 2009, the field only became visible to the telescopes in late spring.  However during April 09, a large hedge (to the NW) was trimmed, recovering some sky which had been lost for years. An early visual observation in April revealed (to my great surprise)  IRAS 21443 to be at maximum magnitude of 12.2. This suggests that the period is ~190 days, some 50% shorter than was first thought, with all the Spring maxima being missed up to this point. 

The VBRI data obtained with the AAVSO Sonoita Research Observatory

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