New Takamizawa variable (TmzV87) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV87). TmzV87 = GSC2987.1123 090847.83 +420921.0 (2000.0) 12.28 1 = IRAS09055+4221 090531.8 +422134 (1950.0) F12=1.20 F25=0.58 F60=0.40L F100=1.00L VAR= 9 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 = 090847.0 +420923 (2000.0) IRAS09055+4221 1.225 0.571 0.400L 1.000L 9% = 090847.0 +420923 (2000.0) SSC09055+4221 1.225 0.571 0.400L 1.000L = 090847.7 +420922 (2000.0) FSC09055+4221 1.249 0.522 0.129L 0.375L = 090847.8 +420925 (2000.0) LMS118 M7 >13.5 Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable (SR) with a range of 12.0-14.5p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV87 940512.576 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV87 941130.740 120p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV87 950222.422 145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV87 950222.471 145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV87 960112.529 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV87 960113.541 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV87 971105.739 121p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV87 980102.602 125p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV87 980119.523 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV87 980318.551 140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV87 981117.748 120p 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>