New Takamizawa variable (TmzV139) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV139). TmzV139 = GSC2909.681 052044.97 +381050.1 (2000.0) 12.48 1 = USNO1275.04778408 052044.930 +381050.24 (2000.0) 13.4 15.1 = IRAS05173+3807 051719.5 +380752 (1950.0) F12=1.90 F25=1.20 F60=0.40L F100=8.31L VAR=89 LRS=-1 possibly IIIa: variable star with more evolved O-rich c.s. shell or VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell = 052044.8 +381050 (2000.0) IRAS05173+3807 1.886 1.151 0.400L 7.974L 89% = 052044.8 +381050 (2000.0) SSC05173+3807 1.886 1.151 0.400L 7.974L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable (SR) with a range of 12.0-14.1p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV139 940302.540 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV139 940810.775 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV139 941108.597 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV139 941224.488 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV139 950320.515 121p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV139 950823.769 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV139 951128.608 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV139 960109.422 140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV139 960922.747 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV139 961015.731 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV139 961203.547 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV139 970802.749 141p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV139 971123.615 127p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV139 980318.465 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV139 980820.731 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV139 981024.609 120p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV139 981218.596 127p 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>