New Takamizawa variable (TmzV147) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV147). TmzV147 = GSC2900.1811 051020.28 +394922.5 (2000.0) 12.05 1 = USNO1275.04459117 051020.293 +394922.43 (2000.0) 11.4 17.7 = IRAS05068+3945 050652.2 +394539 (1950.0) F12=3.31 F25=1.00 F60=0.48L F100=1.74L VAR=23 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 = 051020.1 +394921 (2000.0) IRAS05068+3945 3.455 0.979 0.464L 1.658L 23% = 051020.1 +394921 (2000.0) SSC05068+3945 3.455 0.979 0.464L 1.658L = 051020.2 +394920 (2000.0) CS867 - 10.8 9.8 - Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable (SR) with a range of 11.7-13.2p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV147 940302.540 121p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV147 940810.775 131p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV147 941108.597 132p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV147 941224.488 131p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV147 950320.515 121p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV147 950823.769 120p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV147 951128.608 121p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV147 960109.422 128p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV147 960922.747 118p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV147 961015.731 117p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV147 961203.547 121p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV147 970802.749 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV147 971123.615 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV147 980318.465 117p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV147 980820.731 117p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV147 981024.609 125p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV147 981218.596 126p 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>