New Takamizawa variable (TmzV111) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV111). TmzV111 = GSC6484.290 053245.78 -280047.9 (2000.0) 14.40 0 = GSC6484.290 053245.81 -280047.0 (2000.0) 14.35 0 = GSC6484.290 053245.90 -280047.5 (2000.0) 14.25 0 = USNO0600.01067188 053245.822 -280047.40 (2000.0) 11.9 13.2 = IRAS05307-2802 053047.3 -280250 (1950.0) F12=0.58 F25=0.25L F60=0.40L F100=1.00L VAR=-1 LRS=-1 possibly I: oxygen-rich non-variable star without circumstellar shell or 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 = 053245.6 -280046 (2000.0) IRAS05307-2802 0.561 0.250L 0.400L 1.000L -1% = 053245.6 -280046 (2000.0) SSC05307-2802 0.561 0.250L 0.400L 1.000L = 053245.9 -280049 (2000.0) FSC05307-2802 0.523 0.194 0.108L 0.627L = 053248.4 -275857 (2000.0) WSV19 Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a Mira-type classification with a range of 11.9-<15.0p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV111 941108.667 <150p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV111 950203.447 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV111 951128.669 119p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV111 961203.594 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV111 970928.724 <143p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV111 971109.710 145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV111 980125.508 121p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV111 981212.598 133p 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>