New Takamizawa variable (TmzV615) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV615). TmzV615 = GSC3978.1386 212711.59 +581339.6 (2000.0) 14.46 1 = USNO1425.12016117 212711.604 +581339.68 (2000.0) 12.9 18.0 = IRAS21257+5800 212544.7 +580032 (1950.0) F12=1.00 F25=0.33 F60=4.36L F100=36.30L VAR= 4 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 = 212711.7 +581337 (2000.0) IRAS21257+5800 0.965 0.323 4.387L 35.550L 4% = 212711.7 +581337 (2000.0) SSC21257+5800 0.965 0.323 4.387L 35.550L = 212715.0 +581405 (2000.0) CS5315 - - - - Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 14.2-14.9p. object YYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV615 940903.562 <140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV615 970824.567 149p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV615 970827.540 146p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV615 971218.437 142p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV615 980823.562 145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV615 980916.530 146p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV615 990709.574 145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV615 990807.594 143p 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>