We report on the discovery of new four variable stars in the Cassiopea constellation from the archive of the HALZ telescope, operated by the TOPTEC team at Horní Halže, near Klášterec nad Ohří, Czech Republic. The stars are catalogued as UCAC4 718-108144 (23h 04m 16.383s +53° 29’ 44.78”), UCAC4 725-101725 (23h 09m 27.87s +54° 51’ 23.27”), UCAC4 725-101699 (23h 09m 19.53s +54° 57’ 57.18”), UCAC4 722-105015 (23h 10m 42.4s +54° 14’ 33.33”). From the light curve, the stars should be a HADS - type variable (UCAC4 718- 108144), an EW - type variable (UCAC4 725-101725), an EA - type variable (UCAC4 725-101699) and an ELL - type variable (UCAC4 722-105015). We registered these stars in the CzeV catalogue as new variable stars CzeV709, CzeV710, CzeV711 and CzeV715. and Objevili jsme čtyři nové proměnné hvězdy v souhvězdí Kasiopea z archivu dalekohledu HALZ, který je provozován zaměstnanci centra TOPTEC v Horní Halži, která se nachází v Krušných horách poblíž Klášterce nad Ohří v České republice. Nově objevené hvězdy jsou katalogizovány jako UCAC4 718-108144 (23h 04m 16.383s +53° 29’ 44.78”), UCAC4 725-101725 (23h 09m 27.87s +54° 51’ 23.27”), UCAC4 725-101699 (23h 09m 19.53s +54° 57’ 57.18”), UCAC4 722-105015 (23h 10m 42.4s +54° 14’ 33.33”). Podle světelné křivky jsme určili typ proměnných hvězd jako HADS - typ (UCAC4 718-108144), EW - typ (UCAC4 725-101725), EA - typ (UCAC4 725-101699) a ELL - typ (UCAC4 722-105015). Zaregistrovali jsme tyto hvězdy v katalogu CzeV jako nové proměnné hvězdy CzeV709, CzeV710, CzeV711 a CzeV715.
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