New Takamizawa variable (TmzV696) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV696). TmzV696 = GSC3976.1051 215659.37 +564608.5 (2000.0) 11.23 1 = GSC3976.1051 215659.51 +564608.1 (2000.0) 11.50 1 = USNO1425.12692943 215659.462 +564608.17 (2000.0) 10.8 15.0 = IRAS21553+5631 215518.2 +563158 (1950.0) F12=0.36 F25=0.25L F60=1.10L F100=5.25 VAR=-1 LRS=-1 = 215659.6 +564617 (2000.0) IRAS21553+5631 0.366 0.250L 1.109L 5.383 -1% = 215659.6 +564617 (2000.0) SSC21553+5631 0.366 0.250L 1.109L 5.383 Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 11.4-12.0p. object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV696 19940903.562 119p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV696 19970824.567 116p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV696 19970827.540 118p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV696 19971218.437 120p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV696 19980823.562 118p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV696 19980916.530 118p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV696 19990709.574 119p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV696 19990807.594 114p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV696 19991226.462 120p 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>