New Takamizawa variable (TmzV224) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV224). TmzV224 = USNO1500.04107282 050842.512 +661600.72 (2000.0) 13.9 17.4 = IRAS05036+6612 050340.8 +661207 (1950.0) F12=0.76 F25=0.25 F60=0.40L F100=1.10L VAR=57 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 = 050840.7 +661557 (2000.0) FSC05036+6612 0.769 0.244 0.105L 0.882L = 050842.0 +661600 (2000.0) IRAS05036+6612 0.781 0.260 0.400L 1.118L 57% = 050842.0 +661600 (2000.0) SSC05036+6612 0.781 0.260 0.400L 1.118L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a Mira-type variable with a range of 12.5-<14.7p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV224 950127.514 <145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV224 951128.592 <145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV224 971123.579 <140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV224 971221.472 147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV224 980116.455 145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV224 980820.715 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV224 980823.706 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV224 981024.551 <145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV224 981218.581 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV224 990204.394 125p 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>