New Takamizawa variable (TmzV744) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV744). TmzV744 (No USNO identification, Takamizawa's position: 204653.8 +055127 2000) = IRAS20444+0540 204425.4 +054028 (1950.0) F12=33.10 F25=27.53 F60=6.31 F100=3.31 VAR=99 LRS=29 blue, 10micron (silicate) emission, strength=9 IIIa: variable star with more evolved O-rich c.s. shell = 204653.3 +055131 (2000.0) EIC837 = 204654.0 +055130 (2000.0) IRAS20444+0540 34.150 28.530 6.433 3.176 99% 2(LRS) = 204654.0 +055130 (2000.0) SSC20444+0540 34.150 28.530 6.433 3.176 = 204654.2 +055131 (2000.0) FSC20444+0540 47.260 35.510 5.823 2.717 Takamizawa's comment: The star is visible at mag~17.5 on Real-Sky CD. The star may be a Mira-type variable with a range of 13.9-<15.0p. object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV744 19940414.731 <144p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV744 19940803.573 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV744 19940810.668 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV744 19940930.524 <150p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV744 19941102.861 148p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV744 19941127.412 147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV744 19941220.385 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV744 19950306.828 140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV744 19950401.788 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV744 19950723.647 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV744 19951014.506 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV744 19960318.799 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV744 19960716.701 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV744 19961030.464 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV744 19970309.826 <144p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV744 19970901.582 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV744 19971025.533 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV744 19980402.785 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV744 19990708.626 <147p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV744 20000314.817 <147p 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>