New Takamizawa variable (TmzV496) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV496). TmzV496 = GSC6011.650 083540.63 -163540.7 (2000.0) 14.01 0 = USNO0675.06699088 083540.609 -163540.86 (2000.0) 11.8 15.8 = IRAS08333-1625 083322.6 -162515 (1950.0) F12=2.29 F25=1.00 F60=0.40L F100=1.00L VAR= 0 LRS=-1 possibly II: variable star with 'young' O-rich circumstellar shell or VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell = 083540.2 -163538 (2000.0) FSC08333-1625 2.329 0.973 0.191 0.634L = 083540.7 -163539 (2000.0) LMS106 M7 >13.5 = 083540.8 -163540 (2000.0) IRAS08333-1625 2.385 1.043 0.400L 1.000L 0% = 083540.8 -163540 (2000.0) SSC08333-1625 2.385 1.043 0.400L 1.000L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 10.8-11.8p. object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV496 941109.794 115p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV496 950203.655 110p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV496 960112.567 118p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV496 971105.778 116p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV496 980102.642 118p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV496 980125.544 116p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV496 980322.524 112p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV496 980329.476 108p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV496 981117.801 114p 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>