New Takamizawa variable (TmzV488) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV488). TmzV488 = GSC6018.1367 090016.21 -173923.2 (2000.0) 14.79 0 = USNO0675.07100842 090016.198 -173922.94 (2000.0) 13.2 17.6 = IRAS08579-1727 085757.4 -172735 (1950.0) F12=3.63 F25=1.00 F60=0.40L F100=1.00L VAR=49 LRS=-1 possibly I: oxygen-rich non-variable star without circumstellar shell or VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell = 090016.0 -173920 (2000.0) IRAS08579-1727 3.649 1.044 0.400L 1.000L 49% = 090016.0 -173920 (2000.0) SSC08579-1727 3.649 1.044 0.400L 1.000L = 090016.4 -173924 (2000.0) FSC08579-1727 2.888 1.043 0.165L 1.574L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a Mira-type variable with a range of 13.3-<15.3p. object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV488 941109.794 <153p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV488 950203.655 <153p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV488 960112.567 <153p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV488 971105.778 <153p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV488 980102.642 152p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV488 980125.544 142p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV488 980322.524 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV488 980329.476 149p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV488 981117.801 153p 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>