New Takamizawa variable (TmzV106) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV106). TmzV106 = GSC5386.1721 064023.05 -125306.9 (2000.0) 14.21 0 = USNO0750.02533179 064023.066 -125307.42 (2000.0) 11.5 15.3 = IRAS06380-1250 063804.6 -125020 (1950.0) F12=0.36 F25=0.28 F60=0.40L F100=1.32L VAR= 0 LRS=-1 possibly IIIa: variable star with more evolved O-rich c.s. shell or VIb: variable star with relatively hot dust close to the star and relatively cold dust at large distance may be O-rich = 064023.2 -125310 (2000.0) IRAS06380-1250 0.354 0.268 0.400L 1.373L 0% = 064023.2 -125310 (2000.0) SSC06380-1250 0.354 0.268 0.400L 1.373L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable (SR) with a range of 13.0-14.4p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV106 940314.488 142p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV106 940402.451 144p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV106 941203.720 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV106 950210.798 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV106 951118.753 132p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV106 951219.615 142p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV106 960211.504 143p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV106 961021.752 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV106 961206.651 132p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV106 970103.604 128p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV106 970127.474 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV106 971203.670 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV106 971224.623 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV106 980119.507 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV106 980217.485 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV106 980318.512 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV106 981115.721 130p 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>