New Takamizawa variable (TmzV163) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV163). TmzV163 Takamizawa's position: 03h43m53s.1 +67o40'51" Two possible USNO counterparts, the first being closer to the nominal position, but the second (fainter) one closely matches the IRAS coordinates. (= USNO1575.01815893 034352.982 +674052.64 (2000.0) 14.6 16.3 ?) (= USNO1575.01815851 034352.508 +674033.11 (2000.0) 16.6 20.1 ?) = IRAS03390+6731 033905.5 +673104 (1950.0) F12=2.75 F25=2.09 F60=0.40L F100=12.02L VAR=99 LRS=-1 possibly IIIa: variable star with more evolved O-rich c.s. shell = 034352.5 +674033 (2000.0) IRAS03390+6731 2.824 2.180 0.400L 12.310L 99% = 034352.5 +674033 (2000.0) SSC03390+6731 2.824 2.180 0.400L 12.310L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a Mira-type variable with a range of 12.7-<15.1p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV163 950127.497 146p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV163 960111.431 127p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV163 970714.711 <145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV163 970802.715 <145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV163 971101.613 <151p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV163 971123.522 <145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV163 971221.449 <145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV163 980116.428 <145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV163 980820.699 <145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV163 980823.681 <145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV163 990109.489 <145p 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>