New Takamizawa variable (TmzV118) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV118). TmzV118 = GSC3737.1376 044625.14 +542850.6 (2000.0) 11.81 1 = USNO1425.05588983 044625.149 +542850.66 (2000.0) 11.8 99.9 = IRAS04423+5423 044223.0 +542326 (1950.0) F12=6.31 F25=1.90 F60=0.40L F100=7.58L VAR=95 LRS=-1 possibly I: oxygen-rich non-variable star without circumstellar shell = 044625.0 +542850 (2000.0) IRAS04423+5423 6.112 1.945 0.400L 7.712L 95% = 044625.0 +542850 (2000.0) SSC04423+5423 6.112 1.945 0.400L 7.712L = 044625.0 +542854 (2000.0) CS759 - - - - Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable (SR) with a range of 12.6-15.1p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV118 941108.587 149p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV118 941224.470 149p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV118 950320.522 150p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV118 951128.600 144p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV118 960109.415 <145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV118 960922.738 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV118 961015.743 126p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV118 970802.740 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV118 971123.606 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV118 971231.580 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV118 980318.457 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV118 980820.722 <151p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV118 981024.601 150p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV118 981218.588 149p 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>