New Takamizawa variable (TmzV788) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV788). TmzV788 = GSC6786.1255 155356.62 -275420.0 (2000.0) 13.01 0 = GSC6786.1255 155356.63 -275420.1 (2000.0) 15.20 0 N = USNO0600.10886839 155356.580 -275420.67 (2000.0) 12.8 16.4 = IRAS15508-2745 155052.8 -274532 (1950.0) F12=2.75 F25=1.58 F60=0.44L F100=8.31L VAR= 0 LRS=-1 possibly IIIa: variable star with more evolved O-rich c.s. shell or VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell = 155355.7 -275418 (2000.0) FSC15508-2745 2.629 1.475 0.618L 2.636L = 155356.4 -275421 (2000.0) IRAS15508-2745 2.651 1.585 0.439L 8.586L 0% = 155356.4 -275421 (2000.0) SSC15508-2745 2.651 1.585 0.439L 8.586L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a Mira-type variable with a range of 12.1-<15.3p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV788 19940217.789 152p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 19940315.724 154p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 19940411.761 125p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 19940506.656 121p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 19940603.590 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 19950110.852 144p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 19950207.777 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 19950226.731 127p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 19950423.643 142p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 19960127.819 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 19960219.775 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 19960413.722 151p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 19960619.519 <151p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 19970209.808 <145p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 19980302.740 <153p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 19980620.546 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 19980908.433 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 19980910.438 131p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 19990117.849 140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 19990414.701 143p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 20000314.778 125p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 20000401.713 123p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV788 20010202.812 126p 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 Baker-Schmidt camera T-Max400 120 Comparison stars mag.:GSC Relayed from Kesao Takamizawa <GHA07243@nifty.ne.jp>