New Takamizawa variable (TmzV653) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV653). TmzV653 = GSC3972.1490 215010.31 +555456.3 (2000.0) 12.25 1 = USNO1425.12529356 215010.322 +555456.47 (2000.0) 11.8 16.2 = IRAS21484+5540 214829.8 +554052 (1950.0) F12=0.76 F25=0.25L F60=2.29L F100=25.11L VAR=-1 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 = 215010.4 +555455 (2000.0) IRAS21484+5540 0.769 0.250L 2.384L 24.470L -1% = 215010.4 +555455 (2000.0) SSC21484+5540 0.769 0.250L 2.384L 24.470L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 12.3-13.0p. object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV653 19940903.562 127p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV653 19970824.567 126p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV653 19970827.540 125p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV653 19971218.437 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV653 19980823.562 123p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV653 19980916.530 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV653 19990709.574 126p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV653 19990807.594 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV653 19991226.462 125p 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>