New Takamizawa variable (TmzV541) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV541). TmzV541 = GSC4466.2306 215458.92 +693033.6 (2000.0) 11.54 1 = GSC4466.2306 215458.97 +693034.2 (2000.0) 11.43 1 = USNO1575.04907805 215458.954 +693033.97 (2000.0) 11.0 15.8 = IRAS21539+6916 215358.1 +691619 (1950.0) F12=1.20 F25=0.36 F60=0.40L F100=3.02L VAR=84 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 = 215458.3 +693024 (2000.0) FSC21539+6916 1.122 0.325 0.376L 5.095L = 215458.6 +693035 (2000.0) CS5507 - 13.4 - - = 215459.2 +693034 (2000.0) IRAS21539+6916 1.185 0.355 0.400L 3.069L 84% = 215459.2 +693034 (2000.0) SSC21539+6916 1.185 0.355 0.400L 3.069L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 11.7-12.2p. object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV541 970827.540 117p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV541 971218.437 120p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV541 980823.563 121p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV541 980916.530 118p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV541 981107.440 122p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV541 990709.574 118p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV541 990807.594 118p 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>