  This paper describes the first part of the photometric data from the 9x9 deg
ASAS cameras monitoring the whole southern hemisphere in V-band. Data
acquisition and reduction pipeline is described and preliminary list of
variable stars is presented. Over 1,300,000 stars brighter than V=15 on 40,000
frames were analyzed and 3126 were found to be variable (1046 eclipsing, 778
regular pulsating, 132 Mira and 1170 other, mostly SR, IR and LPV stars).
Periodic light curves have been classified using the fully automated algorithm,
which is described in detail. Basic photometric properties are presented in the
tables and thumbnail light curves are printed for reference. All photometric
data is available over the INTERNET at
http://www.astrouw.edu.pl/~gp/asas/asas.html or
http://archive.princeton.edu/~asas .
