New Takamizawa variable (TmzV778) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV778). TmzV778 = GSC5316.435 041704.26 -121313.1 (2000.0) 13.27 0 = GSC5316.435 041704.26 -121312.9 (2000.0) 13.23 0 = USNO0750.00954590 041704.272 -121312.79 (2000.0) 11.0 12.8 = 2MASS 041704.248 -121313.44 (2000.0) 0.000 0.000 0.000 = 2MASS 041704.272 -121312.23 (2000.0) 5.899 0.000 0.000 = IRAS04147-1220 041443.4 -122029 (1950.0) F12=1.58 F25=0.83 F60=0.40L F100=1.00L VAR=39 LRS=-1 possibly IIIa: variable star with more evolved O-rich c.s. shell or VIb: variable star with relatively hot dust close to the star and relatively cold dust at large distance may be O-rich or VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell = 041703.5 -121312 (2000.0) FSC04147-1220 1.412 0.753 0.167L 0.933L = 041704.0 -121309 (2000.0) IRAS04147-1220 1.563 0.846 0.400L 1.000L 39% = 041704.0 -121309 (2000.0) SSC04147-1220 1.563 0.846 0.400L 1.000L = 041704.1 -121315 (2000.0) LMS32 M6 >13.5 = 041706.0 -121259 (2000.0) M6III(Buscombe) V=9.80 B-V=1.22 U-B=1.20 Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 12.4-13.6p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV778 19951020.719 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV778 19960111.494 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV778 19961020.638 127p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV778 19961229.399 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV778 19971101.648 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV778 19971123.562 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV778 19981111.613 128p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV778 19981112.579 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV778 19991104.701 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV778 19991129.564 127p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV778 20000924.788 136p Tmz.VSOLJ Observer's code: Tmz: K.Takamizawa (Saku-machi,Nagano,Japan) SASS (Saku All Sky Survey) Inst.: 10cmR F4 twin patrol cameras T-Max400 120 Comparison stars mag.:GSC Relayed from Kesao Takamizawa <GHA07243@nifty.ne.jp>