New Takamizawa variable (TmzV149) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV149). TmzV149 = GSC2900.1610 051016.61 +392319.4 (2000.0) 10.33 1 = USNO1275.04457184 051016.614 +392319.42 (2000.0) 10.3 99.9 = IRAS05068+3919 050648.7 +391934 (1950.0) F12=3.02 F25=0.76 F60=0.44L F100=2.75L VAR= 2 LRS=-1 possibly I: oxygen-rich non-variable star without circumstellar shell or VIa: non-variable star with relatively cold dust at large distance, may be carbon-rich = 051015.7 +392317 (2000.0) IRAS05068+3919 2.990 0.726 0.431L 2.766L 2% = 051015.7 +392317 (2000.0) SSC05068+3919 2.990 0.726 0.431L 2.766L = 051016.5 +392321 (2000.0) CS866 - 9.6 8.5 - = 051018.0 +392259 (2000.0) C(Buscombe) V=9.6 - - = 051005.7 +392242 (2000.0) DO11077 Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable (SR) with a range of 10.1-11.6p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV149 940302.540 107p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV149 940810.775 104p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV149 941108.597 108p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV149 941224.488 105p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV149 950320.515 103p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV149 950823.769 102p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV149 951128.608 107p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV149 960109.422 116p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV149 960922.747 101p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV149 961015.731 107p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV149 961203.547 103p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV149 970802.749 101p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV149 971123.615 115p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV149 980318.465 109p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV149 980820.731 101p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV149 981024.609 102p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV149 981218.596 109p 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>