New Takamizawa variable (TmzV145) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV145). TmzV145 = GSC2399.613 045210.07 +370327.8 (2000.0) 12.86 1 = USNO1200.02592029 045210.077 +370327.00 (2000.0) 12.7 16.5 = IRAS04488+3658 044848.3 +365829 (1950.0) F12=3.63 F25=1.58 F60=0.40L F100=12.02L VAR=20 LRS=-1 possibly II: variable star with 'young' O-rich circumstellar shell or VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell = 045210.0 +370328 (2000.0) IRAS04488+3658 3.700 1.572 0.400L 11.960L 20% = 045210.0 +370328 (2000.0) SSC04488+3658 3.700 1.572 0.400L 11.960L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable (SR) with a range of 13.3-14.5p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV145 940302.540 142p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV145 940810.775 145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV145 941108.597 142p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV145 941224.488 140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV145 950320.515 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV145 950823.769 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV145 951128.608 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV145 960109.422 141p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV145 960922.747 142p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV145 961015.731 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV145 961203.547 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV145 970802.749 141p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV145 971123.615 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV145 980318.465 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV145 980820.731 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV145 981024.609 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV145 981218.596 140p 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>