New Takamizawa variable (TmzV245) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV245). TmzV245 = USNO1350.06561642 060539.510 +522422.90 (2000.0) 12.1 15.5 = IRAS06016+5224 060139.2 +522438 (1950.0) F12=1.00 F25=0.58 F60=0.40L F100=1.00L VAR=14 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 = 060538.1 +522421 (2000.0) FSC06016+5224 0.903 0.501 0.190L 1.670L = 060539.6 +522421 (2000.0) IRAS06016+5224 0.957 0.585 0.400L 1.000L 14% = 060539.6 +522421 (2000.0) SSC06016+5224 0.957 0.585 0.400L 1.000L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 12.6-14.0p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV245 950127.530 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV245 950203.476 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV245 951217.537 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV245 951219.564 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV245 961015.749 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV245 970811.728 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV245 971109.675 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV245 971124.546 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV245 971221.508 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV245 980119.463 125p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV245 980302.440 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV245 980916.721 126p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV245 981024.647 126p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV245 981218.631 140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV245 990111.547 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV245 990204.446 131p 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>