New Takamizawa variable star (TmzV76) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports his discovery of a new variable star (TmzV76). TmzV76 = GSC1346.1099 071836.11 +153509.2 (2000.0) 11.50 1 = 071835.5 +153509 (2000.0) FSC07157+1540 2.187 0.703 0.182L 1.719L = 071835.9 +153505 (2000.0) LMS77 M7 13.5 D12931 ? = 071836.0 +153459 (2000.0) M7(III)(Buscombe) V=8.53 B-V=.30 - (position or ID error?) = 071836.4 +153508 (2000.0) IRAS07157+1540 2.205 0.852 0.400L 1.000L 0% = 071836.4 +153508 (2000.0) SSC07157+1540 2.205 0.852 0.400L 1.000L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a Mira-type classification with a range of 10.7-14.5p, and period of about 270days. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV76 940306.459 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV76 940429.532 <127p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV76 950220.493 140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV76 951025.756 126p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV76 951222.656 145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV76 961015.812 143p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV76 961206.683 118p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV76 970830.794 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV76 970929.784 125p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV76 971103.778 115p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV76 971204.729 112p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV76 971224.658 107p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV76 980121.572 111p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV76 980217.522 118p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV76 980919.760 108p 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>