New Takamizawa variable (TmzV500) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV500). TmzV500 = GSC6015.1899 083817.70 -181445.3 (2000.0) 11.53 0 N = GSC6015.686 083817.76 -181441.7 (2000.0) 11.02 0 N = GSC6015.686 083817.77 -181444.2 (2000.0) 11.01 0 N = GSC6015.1383 083817.77 -181439.9 (2000.0) 11.09 0 N = GSC6015.1383 083817.86 -181439.5 (2000.0) 11.11 0 N = USNO0675.06755097 083817.700 -181445.35 (2000.0) 11.5 99.9 = USNO0675.06755120 083817.769 -181442.99 (2000.0) 11.0 99.9 = USNO0675.06755149 083817.846 -181439.07 (2000.0) 10.1 12.7 * = IRAS08360-1804 083600.5 -180403 (1950.0) F12=1.20 F25=0.40 F60=0.40L F100=1.00L VAR=12 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 = 083817.2 -181437 (2000.0) IRAS08360-1804 1.221 0.407 0.400L 1.000L 12% = 083817.2 -181437 (2000.0) SSC08360-1804 1.221 0.407 0.400L 1.000L = 083817.6 -181438 (2000.0) FSC08360-1804 1.127 0.354 0.155L 0.760L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 10.8-12.0p. object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV500 941109.794 113p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV500 950203.655 108p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV500 960112.567 120p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV500 971105.778 114p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV500 980102.642 112p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV500 980125.544 117p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV500 980322.524 109p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV500 980329.476 108p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV500 981117.801 116p 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>