New Takamizawa variable (TmzV590) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV590). TmzV590 = GSC4270.3270 215914.58 +642217.2 (2000.0) 14.26 1 = USNO1500.08709894 215914.578 +642217.35 (2000.0) 13.5 17.4 = IRAS21578+6407 215750.7 +640752 (1950.0) F12=0.58 F25=0.25 F60=0.52L F100=8.31L VAR= 0 LRS=-1 possibly II: variable star with 'young' O-rich 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 = 215914.3 +642216 (2000.0) IRAS21578+6407 0.571 0.240 0.517L 8.601L 0% = 215914.3 +642216 (2000.0) SSC21578+6407 0.571 0.240 0.517L 8.601L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 13.3-14.5p. object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV590 970827.540 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV590 971218.437 145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV590 980823.563 142p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV590 980916.530 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV590 981107.440 143p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV590 990709.574 145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV590 990807.594 144p 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>