New Takamizawa variable (TmzV141) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV141). TmzV141 = GSC2899.1662 050944.57 +404424.7 (2000.0) 12.65 1 = IRAS05062+4040 050613.6 +404038 (1950.0) F12=1.00 F25=0.30 F60=0.40L F100=1.58L VAR= 0 LRS=-1 possibly I: oxygen-rich non-variable star without 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 = 050943.2 +404423 (2000.0) IRAS05062+4040 1.027 0.306 0.400L 1.630L 0% = 050943.2 +404423 (2000.0) SSC05062+4040 1.027 0.306 0.400L 1.630L = 050944.5 +404423 (2000.0) CS863 - - 12.8 - Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable (SR) with a range of 12.2-13.5p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV141 940302.540 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV141 940810.775 125p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV141 941108.597 132p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV141 941224.488 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV141 950320.515 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV141 950823.769 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV141 951128.608 128p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV141 960109.422 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV141 960922.747 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV141 961015.731 122p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV141 961203.547 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV141 970802.749 123p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV141 971123.615 123p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV141 980318.465 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV141 980820.731 122p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV141 981024.609 122p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV141 981218.596 123p 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>