New Takamizawa variable (TmzV170) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV170). TmzV170 = GSC4077.415 042936.64 +664548.1 (2000.0) 13.40 1 = USNO1500.03766501 042936.627 +664548.25 (2000.0) 12.5 16.5 = IRAS04246+6639 042439.7 +663912 (1950.0) F12=1.20 F25=0.58 F60=0.40L F100=1.58L VAR= 0 LRS=-1 possibly 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 = 042935.9 +664546 (2000.0) IRAS04246+6639 1.152 0.556 0.400L 1.531L 0% = 042935.9 +664546 (2000.0) SSC04246+6639 1.152 0.556 0.400L 1.531L = 042937.6 +664549 (2000.0) FSC04246+6639 1.207 0.636 0.194L 2.073L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable (SR) with a range of 13.2-14.3p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV170 950127.497 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV170 951128.592 141p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV170 970802.715 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV170 971123.522 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV170 971123.579 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV170 971221.449 142p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV170 980116.455 141p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV170 980820.699 132p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV170 980823.706 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV170 981024.551 143p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV170 981218.581 141p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV170 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>