New Takamizawa variable (TmzV250) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV250). TmzV250 = USNO1275.06259449 062119.540 +415759.52 (2000.0) 12.7 16.2 = IRAS06177+4159 061746.1 +415923 (1950.0) F12=0.69 F25=0.44 F60=0.40L F100=1.32L VAR=95 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 = 062119.2 +415759 (2000.0) FSC06177+4159 0.552 0.520 0.194L 0.920L = 062119.6 +415757 (2000.0) IRAS06177+4159 0.679 0.421 0.400L 1.316L 95% = 062119.6 +415757 (2000.0) SSC06177+4159 0.679 0.421 0.400L 1.316L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a Mira-type variable with a range of 13.0-<15.0p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV250 950203.476 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV250 951219.564 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV250 970811.762 <146p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV250 970901.754 <146p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV250 971109.675 142p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV250 980119.463 <150 Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV250 980318.507 <146p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV250 980820.749 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV250 981218.631 <146p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV250 990204.446 <150p 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>