New Takamizawa variable (TmzV161) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV161). TmzV161 = GSC4327.2146 034303.26 +683528.3 (2000.0) 12.36 1 = USNO1575.01811631 034303.282 +683528.26 (2000.0) 11.8 15.6 = IRAS03381+6825 033810.1 +682553 (1950.0) F12=6.31 F25=3.31 F60=0.63L F100=2.29L VAR=37 LRS=-1 possibly IIIa: variable star with more evolved O-rich c.s. shell = 034303.0 +683525 (2000.0) IRAS03381+6825 6.324 3.459 0.620L 2.256L 37% = 034303.0 +683525 (2000.0) SSC03381+6825 6.324 3.459 0.620L 2.256L = 034303.8 +683530 (2000.0) FSC03381+6825 5.841 3.367 0.480 2.702L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable (SR) with a range of 13.6-14.3p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV161 950127.497 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV161 960111.431 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV161 970714.711 140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV161 970802.715 143p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV161 971101.613 140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV161 971123.522 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV161 971221.449 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV161 980116.428 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV161 980820.699 140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV161 980823.681 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV161 990109.489 136p 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>