New Takamizawa variable (TmzV538) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV538). TmzV538 = USNO0675.07449763 093322.343 -200628.37 (2000.0) 13.1 20.7 = IRAS09310-1953 093103.2 -195308 (1950.0) F12=4.36 F25=1.20 F60=0.40L F100=1.00L VAR=32 LRS=-1 possibly I: oxygen-rich non-variable star without circumstellar shell or VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell = 093322.2 -200628 (2000.0) IRAS09310-1953 4.356 1.153 0.400L 1.000L 32% = 093322.2 -200628 (2000.0) SSC09310-1953 4.356 1.153 0.400L 1.000L = 093322.5 -200628 (2000.0) FSC09310-1953 4.517 1.099 0.189 0.722L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 13.3-14.7p. object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV538 941111.757 143p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV538 950222.514 141p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV538 950401.496 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV538 980102.696 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV538 980325.505 140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV538 981117.801 147p 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>