New Takamizawa variable (TmzV598) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV598). TmzV598 = GSC4272.298 222950.24 +651923.0 (2000.0) 14.21 1 = USNO1500.09193170 222950.274 +651923.19 (2000.0) 14.0 17.9 = IRAS22281+6503 222811.8 +650350 (1950.0) F12=1.10 F25=0.58 F60=2.51L F100=69.17L VAR=48 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 = 222949.6 +651914 (2000.0) IRAS22281+6503 1.077 0.603 2.400L 68.970L 48% = 222949.6 +651914 (2000.0) SSC22281+6503 1.077 0.603 2.400L 68.970L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 13.4-14.7p. (Note: being in a molecular cloud, this star may be a pre-main sequence variable: type INB) Visual magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV598 970827.540 140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV598 971218.437 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV598 980823.563 147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV598 980916.530 143p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV598 981107.440 145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV598 990709.574 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV598 990807.594 138p 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>