New Takamizawa variable (TmzV257) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV257). TmzV257 = USNO1200.04130564 055714.811 +322238.13 (2000.0) 12.0 17.0 = 055714.7 +322241 (2000.0) NSS20 12.4 Exceptionally_strong_LaO,see_text.* = 055717.1 +322237 (2000.0) IRAS05540+3222 0.503 0.334L 0.422L 1.822L -1% = 055717.1 +322237 (2000.0) SSC05540+3222 0.503 0.334L 0.422L 1.822L = 055712.0 +322159 (2000.0) S(Buscombe) V=13.7 - - Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a Mira-type variable with a range of 12.1-<15.2p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV257 940331.506 <150p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV257 940429.508 <135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV257 940910.778 121p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV257 950219.464 <150p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV257 951219.574 <150p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV257 961206.576 <150p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV257 970127.436 <150p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV257 970901.762 <144p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV257 971103.734 <152p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV257 971105.717 <152p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV257 971221.548 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV257 980119.470 132p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV257 981218.638 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV257 990204.453 124p 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>