New Takamizawa variable (TmzV556) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV556). TmzV556 = GSC4476.1249 223416.55 +675527.7 (2000.0) 10.66 1 = USNO1575.05234698 223416.565 +675527.74 (2000.0) 9.8 14.4 = IRAS22327+6739 223243.5 +673958 (1950.0) F12=0.91 F25=0.19 F60=0.40L F100=4.36L VAR= 0 LRS=-1 possibly I: oxygen-rich non-variable star without circumstellar shell or VIa: non-variable star with relatively cold dust at large distance, may be carbon-rich = 223416.8 +675529 (2000.0) IRAS22327+6739 0.903 0.187 0.400L 4.371L 0% = 223416.8 +675529 (2000.0) SSC22327+6739 0.903 0.187 0.400L 4.371L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 10.8-11.3p. object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV556 970827.540 108p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV556 971218.437 113p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV556 980823.563 110p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV556 980916.530 113p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV556 981107.440 110p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV556 990709.574 112p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV556 990807.594 112p 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>