New Takamizawa variable (TmzV561) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV561). TmzV561 = GSC4277.186 224608.62 +670256.0 (2000.0) 13.14 1 = USNO1500.09391074 224608.568 +670255.85 (2000.0) 12.6 16.5 = IRAS22444+6647 224425.4 +664709 (1950.0) F12=0.58 F25=0.19 F60=0.44L F100=4.36L VAR=58 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 = 224608.8 +670258 (2000.0) IRAS22444+6647 0.563 0.187 0.445L 4.571L 58% = 224608.8 +670258 (2000.0) SSC22444+6647 0.563 0.187 0.445L 4.571L = 224555.8 +670435 (2000.0) DO41960 Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 13.0-13.7p. object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV561 970827.540 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV561 971218.437 132p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV561 980823.563 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV561 980916.530 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV561 981107.440 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV561 990709.574 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV561 990807.594 131p 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>