New Takamizawa variable (TmzV229) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV229). TmzV229 = GSC4344.904 054903.58 +690907.5 (2000.0) 12.15 1 = GSC4344.904 054903.59 +690908.2 (2000.0) 12.37 1 = USNO1575.02457437 054903.641 +690907.93 (2000.0) 12.5 15.6 = IRAS05435+6908 054334.4 +690810 (1950.0) F12=0.69 F25=0.36 F60=0.40L F100=1.00L VAR=22 LRS=-1 possibly IIIa: variable star with more evolved O-rich c.s. shell or VIb: variable star with relatively hot dust close to the star and relatively cold dust at large distance may be O-rich or VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell = 054901.6 +690908 (2000.0) FSC05435+6908 0.681 0.262 0.131L 0.676L = 054903.1 +690909 (2000.0) IRAS05435+6908 0.691 0.349 0.400L 1.000L 22% = 054903.1 +690909 (2000.0) SSC05435+6908 0.691 0.349 0.400L 1.000L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregurar variable with a range of 11.7-12.9p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV229 950127.514 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV229 951128.592 128p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV229 971123.579 120p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV229 971203.717 119p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV229 971221.501 120p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV229 980302.431 128p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV229 980318.438 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV229 980820.715 117p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV229 981024.645 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV229 981218.581 125p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV229 990111.539 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV229 990204.394 126p 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>