Tsai Chang-hsien, director of the Taipei Observatory, discovered a variable star in 1952. He watched it and kept records for several months. Following confirmation by the American Association of Variable Star Observers, he named it Variable Star 065208C of Monoceros.
台北市立圓山天文台長蔡章獻，在西元一九五二年，曾經發現一顆變光星，他持續觀察數月，做成紀錄，經美國變星協會證實，而命名為麒麟變星。