New Takamizawa variable (TmzV168) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV168). TmzV168 = GSC4090.861 043619.87 +665102.2 (2000.0) 12.01 1 = USNO1500.03820806 043619.870 +665102.47 (2000.0) 11.6 14.7 = IRAS04313+6644 043119.9 +664453 (1950.0) F12=0.52 F25=0.25L F60=0.40L F100=1.58L VAR=-1 LRS=-1 possibly I: oxygen-rich non-variable star without circumstellar shell or II: variable star with 'young' O-rich 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 = 043618.5 +665100 (2000.0) IRAS04313+6644 0.541 0.250L 0.400L 1.551L -1% = 043618.5 +665100 (2000.0) SSC04313+6644 0.541 0.250L 0.400L 1.551L = 043620.4 +665101 (2000.0) FSC04313+6644 0.527 0.163 0.192L 1.951L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable (SR) with a range of 11.8-12.6p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV168 950127.497 122p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV168 951128.592 123p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV168 970802.715 122p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV168 971123.522 121p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV168 971123.579 119p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV168 971221.449 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV168 980116.455 126p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV168 980820.699 125p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV168 980823.706 125p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV168 981024.551 118p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV168 981218.581 120p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV168 990109.489 120p 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>