New Takamizawa variable (TmzV761) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV761). TmzV761 = GSC6471.883 043944.60 -294558.7 (2000.0) 12.42 0 = USNO0600.00817453 043944.595 -294559.18 (2000.0) 10.6 12.1 = 2MASS 043944.616 -294558.68 (2000.0) 0.000 0.000 0.000 = IRAS04377-2951 043746.6 -295147 (1950.0) F12=2.29 F25=0.83 F60=0.44L F100=3.98L VAR= 7 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 = 043944.1 -294558 (2000.0) FSC04377-2951 2.319 0.792 0.212L 0.674L = 043944.3 -294559 (2000.0) IRAS04377-2951 2.332 0.808 0.448L 3.932L 7% = 043944.3 -294559 (2000.0) SSC04377-2951 2.332 0.808 0.448L 3.932L = 043944.7 -294557 (2000.0) 1143 1.26 TYC2-6471.883.1 (11.56 0.10) (13.04 0.25) = 043943.9 -294651 (2000.0) CD-30.1936 10.0 Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 11.9-12.7p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV761 19941104.746 127p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV761 19950131.465 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV761 19951127.580 119p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV761 19961020.704 123p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV761 19971101.704 121p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV761 19990117.492 119p 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>