New Takamizawa variable (TmzV90) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV90). TmzV90 = GSC6598.2345 090414.68 -292939.6 (2000.0) 12.26 0 = USNO0600.07173278 090414.700 -292939.66 (2000.0) 13.0 16.9 = IRAS09021-2917 090206.3 -291738 (1950.0) F12=4.78 F25=1.58 F60=0.40L F100=1.00L VAR=98 LRS=-1 possibly I: oxygen-rich non-variable star without circumstellar shell or VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell = 090413.7 -292936 (2000.0) IRAS09021-2917 4.582 1.621 0.400L 1.000L 98% = 090413.7 -292936 (2000.0) SSC09021-2917 4.582 1.621 0.400L 1.000L = 090415.6 -292947 (2000.0) FSC09021-2917 3.771 1.710 0.228 1.483L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a Mira-type variable with a range of 12.7-<15.2p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV90 950203.647 147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV90 950401.487 <152p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV90 980102.680 151p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV90 980325.497 127p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV90 981123.786 135p 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>