New Takamizawa variable (TmzV656) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV656). TmzV656 = GSC3976.21 215611.24 +580645.8 (2000.0) 12.99 6 = USNO1425.12670953 215611.230 +580645.83 (2000.0) 12.1 17.0 = IRAS21545+5752 215433.0 +575227 (1950.0) F12=1.00 F25=0.36 F60=2.09L F100=22.90L VAR= 5 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 = 215611.3 +580644 (2000.0) IRAS21545+5752 0.985 0.361 2.081L 22.550L 5% = 215611.3 +580644 (2000.0) SSC21545+5752 0.985 0.361 2.081L 22.550L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 12.9-13.5p. object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV656 19940903.562 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV656 19970824.567 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV656 19970827.540 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV656 19971218.437 132p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV656 19980823.562 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV656 19980916.530 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV656 19990709.574 132p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV656 19990807.594 131p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV656 19991226.462 135p 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>