New Takamizawa variable (TmzV566) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV566). TmzV566 = GSC4274.1586 215456.69 +663101.0 (2000.0) 10.74 1 = USNO1500.08624051 215456.680 +663100.68 (2000.0) 10.1 14.0 = IRAS21537+6616 215343.7 +661642 (1950.0) F12=1.10 F25=0.33 F60=0.48L F100=4.78L VAR=43 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 = 215457.7 +663057 (2000.0) IRAS21537+6616 1.115 0.329 0.457L 4.955L 43% = 215457.7 +663057 (2000.0) SSC21537+6616 1.115 0.329 0.457L 4.955L = 215504.5 +662928 (2000.0) DO40417 Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 11.0-11.5p. object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV566 970827.540 110p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV566 971218.437 113p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV566 980823.563 115p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV566 980916.530 111p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV566 981107.440 113p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV566 990709.574 112p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV566 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>