New Takamizawa variable (TmzV80) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV80). TmzV80 = GSC4222.2085 182317.82 +642037.6 (2000.0) 12.78 1 USNO1500.06552085 182317.871 +642037.45 (2000.0) 12.4 15.2 IRAS18230+6418 182302.9 +641856 (1950.0) F12=1.44 F25=0.69 F60=0.48L F100=1.00L VAR=98 LRS=-1 possibly II: variable star with 'young' O-rich circumstellar shell or VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell or VIa: non-variable star with relatively cold dust at large distance, may be carbon-rich 182317.3 +642037 (2000.0) FSC18230+6418 1.298 0.632 0.136 0.504L 182318.3 +642037 (2000.0) IRAS18230+6418 1.505 0.719 0.474L 1.000L 98% 182318.3 +642037 (2000.0) SSC18230+6418 1.505 0.719 0.474L 1.000L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a Mira-type classification with a range of 11.8-<15.0p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV80 960525.626 <135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV80 970506.621 <137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV80 980420.644 <145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV80 980520.611 <150p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV80 980615.510 <137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV80 981108.392 118p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV80 981108.396 118p 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>