New Takamizawa variable star (TmzV72) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports his discovery of a new variable star (TmzV72). TmzV72 = GSC5648.581 171013.95 -101850.4 (2000.0) 15.88 0 = GSC5648.581 171013.95 -101850.2 (2000.0) 14.18 0 = 171013.7 -101850 (2000.0) FSC17074-1015 0.348 0.172 0.370L 2.339L = 171014.3 -101853 (2000.0) IRAS17074-1015 0.402 0.399L 0.400L 1.840L -1% = 171014.3 -101853 (2000.0) SSC17074-1015 0.402 0.399L 0.400L 1.840L Differnct magnitudes in two epochs of GSC photometry probably suggested the variability. Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a Mira-type classification with a range of 13.3-<15.6p, and period of about 206days. The star is visible at mag.~15 on Real-Sky CD. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV72 940217.836 147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 940411.802 <148p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 940506.690 <156p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 940603.640 <156p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 940925.459 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 941022.392 141p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 950127.838 <148p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 950210.794 <148p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 950226.767 <148 Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 950426.676 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 960126.829 <148p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 960221.797 155p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 960509.592 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 960619.567 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 970212.819 148p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 970305.791 <148p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 970606.651 <156p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 970701.531 <148p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 971025.389 <136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 980125.840 143p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 980302.760 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 980325.740 140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 980520.595 <148p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 980629.569 153p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV72 980912.494 134p Tmz.VSOLJ Observer's code: Tmz: K.Takamizawa (Saku-machi,Nagano,Japan) Inst.: 10cmR F4 twin patrol cameras T-Max400 120 Comparison stars mag.:GSC Relayed from Kesao Takamizawa <GHA07243@nifty.ne.jp>