New Takamizawa variable (TmzV157) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV157). TmzV157 Takamizawa's position: 04h32m58s.5 +63o21'44" (no USNO counterpart) = IRAS04284+6314 042824.5 +631444 (1950.0) F12=0.58 F25=0.19 F60=0.52L F100=3.02L 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 = 043301.0 +632104 (2000.0) IRAS04284+6314 0.565 0.187 0.533L 3.079L 0% = 043301.0 +632104 (2000.0) SSC04284+6314 0.565 0.187 0.533L 3.079L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable (SR) with a range of 13.7-14.3p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV157 950127.497 141p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV157 951128.592 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV157 970802.715 140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV157 971123.522 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV157 971123.579 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV157 971221.449 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV157 980116.455 143p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV157 980820.699 141p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV157 980823.706 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV157 981024.551 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV157 981218.581 140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV157 990109.489 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>