New Takamizawa variable (TmzV690) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV690). TmzV690 = GSC3994.717 221907.58 +594459.4 (2000.0) 14.32 6 N = IRAS22173+5929 221723.0 +592951 (1950.0) F12=1.10 F25=0.36 F60=0.48L F100=25.11L VAR= 3 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 = 221907.4 +594458 (2000.0) CS5630 - - 10.7 - = 221907.7 +594455 (2000.0) IRAS22173+5929 1.135 0.353 0.488L 24.730L 3% = 221907.7 +594455 (2000.0) SSC22173+5929 1.135 0.353 0.488L 24.730L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 13.7-<14.4p. object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV690 19940903.562 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV690 19970824.567 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV690 19970827.540 140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV690 19971218.437 142p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV690 19980823.562 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV690 19980916.530 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV690 19990709.574 143p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV690 19990807.594 144p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV690 19991226.462 <144p 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>