New Takamizawa variable (TmzV156) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV156). TmzV156 Takamizawa's position: 04h35m45s.3 +63o12'16" (no USNO counterpart) = IRAS04311+6306 043109.5 +630610 (1950.0) F12=1.20 F25=0.36 F60=0.40L F100=2.51L 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 = 043545.4 +631218 (2000.0) FSC04311+6306 1.080 0.299 0.330L 3.810L = 043545.8 +631219 (2000.0) IRAS04311+6306 1.147 0.355 0.400L 2.535L 0% = 043545.8 +631219 (2000.0) SSC04311+6306 1.147 0.355 0.400L 2.535L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a Mira-type variable with a range of 13.7-<15.0p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV156 950127.497 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV156 951128.592 151p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV156 970802.715 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV156 971123.522 <150p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV156 971123.579 <150p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV156 971221.449 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV156 980116.455 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV156 980820.699 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV156 980823.706 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV156 981024.551 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV156 981218.581 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV156 990109.489 148p 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>