New Takamizawa variable (TmzV797) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV797). TmzV797 = GSC6.1478 002216.26 +033523.5 (2000.0) 12.07 1 = USNO0900.00086725 002216.233 +033523.63 (2000.0) 10.3 13.0 = IRAS00197+0318 001942.1 +031844 (1950.0) F12=3.02 F25=1.58 F60=0.40L F100=1.00L VAR= 1 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 = 002216.0 +033522 (2000.0) FSC00197+0318 3.146 1.645 0.302 0.647L = 002216.1 +033521 (2000.0) IRAS00197+0318 3.038 1.647 0.400L 1.000L 1% = 002216.1 +033521 (2000.0) SSC00197+0318 3.038 1.647 0.400L 1.000L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 11.9-12.8p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV797 19940812.717 121p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV797 19941102.562 128p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV797 19941222.469 125p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV797 19950120.402 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV797 19950823.665 120p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV797 19951214.453 119p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV797 19960811.704 122p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV797 19961202.429 126p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV797 19970828.694 119p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV797 19971101.581 123p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV797 20001123.490 120p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV797 20011013.546 121p Tmz.VSOLJ Observer's code: Tmz: K.Takamizawa (Saku-machi,Nagano,Japan) SASS (Saku All Sky Survey) Inst.: 10cmR F4 twin patrol cameras and 25cm F2.8 Baker-Schmidt camera T-Max400 120 Comparison stars mag.:GSC Relayed from Kesao Takamizawa <k-takamizawa@nifty.ne.jp>