New Takamizawa variable (TmzV268) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV268). TmzV268 = GSC4782.1182 060621.54 -014748.1 (2000.0) 14.77 0 = USNO0825.01935778 060621.542 -014748.42 (2000.0) 11.9 15.5 = IRAS06038-0147 060349.8 -014726 (1950.0) F12=0.91 F25=0.28 F60=0.40L F100=7.58L VAR= 4 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 = 060620.7 -014746 (2000.0) FSC06038-0147 0.763 0.290 0.285L 1.038L = 060621.3 -014748 (2000.0) IRAS06038-0147 0.922 0.276 0.400L 7.692L 4% = 060621.3 -014748 (2000.0) SSC06038-0147 0.922 0.276 0.400L 7.692L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 13.4-15.2p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV268 940331.485 152p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV268 941127.622 148p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV268 950203.519 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV268 950219.449 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV268 950927.771 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV268 951021.757 147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV268 951219.605 147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV268 961016.753 145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV268 961206.602 140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV268 970901.800 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV268 971103.751 143p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV268 971221.572 141p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV268 980823.774 145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV268 990206.492 145p 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>