Very red optical and IR-color indices indicate the presence of a dense circumstellar shell around object FBS 2213+421. The
estimated total mass-loss rate is typical for dust-enshrouded oxygen-rich Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) Long-Period Mira-type
variables. K-band monitoring is necessary to determine the pulsation period, the absolute bolometric luminosity, and the distance
to this object.
Keywords stars - Mira type-stars - individual - FBS 2213+421
Published in Astrofizika, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 91–96 (February 2006).