New Takamizawa variable (TmzV490) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV490). TmzV490 = GSC6014.1003 090055.50 -153051.4 (2000.0) 13.55 0 = USNO0675.07108810 090055.521 -153051.84 (2000.0) 10.9 13.1 = IRAS08585-1519 085834.2 -151900 (1950.0) F12=0.69 F25=0.40 F60=0.40L F100=1.00L VAR=12 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 = 090054.8 -153047 (2000.0) IRAS08585-1519 0.680 0.401 0.400L 1.000L 12% = 090054.8 -153047 (2000.0) SSC08585-1519 0.680 0.401 0.400L 1.000L = 090055.4 -153050 (2000.0) FSC08585-1519 0.716 0.326 0.161L 1.230L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 12.4-13.2p. object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV490 941109.794 125p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV490 950203.655 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV490 960112.567 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV490 971105.778 132p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV490 980102.642 125p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV490 980125.544 128p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV490 980322.524 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV490 980329.476 128p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV490 981117.801 130p 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>