New Takamizawa variable (TmzV648) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV648). TmzV648 = GSC3980.483 215534.73 +595508.0 (2000.0) 12.40 6 = USNO1425.12654938 215534.876 +595508.40 (2000.0) 10.9 16.6 = IRAS21540+5940 215400.6 +594045 (1950.0) F12=0.91 F25=0.40 F60=0.33 F100=6.31L VAR= 7 LRS=-1 VIa: non-variable star with relatively cold dust at large distance, may be carbon-rich = 215534.6 +595501 (2000.0) IRAS21540+5940 0.937 0.386 0.322 6.034L 7% = 215534.6 +595501 (2000.0) SSC21540+5940 0.937 0.386 0.322 6.034L = 215534.6 +595508 (2000.0) CS5502 - - 10.1 - Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 12.2-13.0p. object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV648 19940903.562 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV648 19970824.567 125p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV648 19970827.540 123p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV648 19971218.437 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV648 19980823.562 125p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV648 19980916.530 122p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV648 19990709.574 122p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV648 19990807.594 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV648 19991226.462 130p 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>