ИСТИНА

We report the discovery of two evolved massive stars via detection of circular shells with Spitzer and WISE. Follow-up optical spectroscopy of central stars of these shells with the Southern African Large Telescope revealed rich emission spectra typical of the classical luminous blue variables like P Cygni. Subsequent spectroscopic and photometric observations showed drastic changes in the spectra and brightnesses of both stars, meaning that they currently undergo an S Dor-like outbursts. These findings unambiguously proved the LBV nature of the stars and added two more members to the class of Galactic bona fide LBVs, bringing their number to sixteen.