New Takamizawa variable (TmzV728) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV728). TmzV728 = GSC3971.294 214208.77 +545802.4 (2000.0) 13.12 1 = USNO1425.12348648 214208.806 +545802.47 (2000.0) 12.5 16.9 = IRAS21404+5444 214029.5 +544418 (1950.0) F12=2.09 F25=0.91L F60=251.14L F100=69.17L VAR=-1 LRS=-1 possibly I: oxygen-rich non-variable star without circumstellar shell or 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 = 214209.2 +545802 (2000.0) IRAS21404+5444 2.112 0.947L 245.800L 70.680L -1% = 214209.2 +545802 (2000.0) SSC21404+5444 2.112 0.947L 245.800L 70.680L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 13.1-13.6p. object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV728 19940903.567 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV728 19941127.492 131p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV728 19951212.460 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV728 19970824.567 132p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV728 19970827.549 131p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV728 19971218.393 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV728 19980823.571 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV728 19980916.541 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV728 19990709.583 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV728 19990807.602 131p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV728 19991226.386 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>