New Takamizawa variable (TmzV568) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV568). TmzV568 = GSC4274.480 215113.18 +661744.4 (2000.0) 12.23 1 = USNO1500.08551761 215113.192 +661744.36 (2000.0) 11.7 15.7 * = IRAS21500+6603 215000.4 +660328 (1950.0) F12=0.48 F25=0.28 F60=0.44L F100=5.25L VAR=56 LRS=-1 possibly IIIa: variable star with more evolved O-rich c.s. shell or VIb: variable star with relatively hot dust close to the star and relatively cold dust at large distance may be O-rich or VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell = 215113.1 +661734 (2000.0) IRAS21500+6603 0.499 0.265 0.435L 5.337L 56% = 215113.1 +661734 (2000.0) SSC21500+6603 0.499 0.265 0.435L 5.337L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 12.4-14.0p. object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV568 970827.540 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV568 971218.437 126p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV568 980823.563 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV568 980916.530 126p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV568 981107.440 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV568 990709.574 140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV568 990807.594 124p 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>