New Takamizawa variable (TmzV798) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV798). TmzV798 = GSC5847.51 003221.56 -183908.8 (2000.0) 12.94 0 = GSC5847.51 003221.60 -183908.6 (2000.0) 12.56 0 = USNO0675.00109478 003221.566 -183909.03 (2000.0) 10.1 13.2 = IRAS00298-1855 002951.9 -185537 (1950.0) F12=2.75 F25=1.32 F60=0.40L F100=1.00L VAR=43 LRS=-1 possibly II: variable star with 'young' O-rich circumstellar shell or VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell = 003220.3 -183914 (2000.0) FSC00298-1855 2.645 1.090 0.230L 0.324L = 003221.5 -183907 (2000.0) LMS3 M6 13.0 = 003222.5 -183904 (2000.0) IRAS00298-1855 2.764 1.296 0.400L 1.000L 43% = 003222.5 -183904 (2000.0) SSC00298-1855 2.764 1.296 0.400L 1.000L = 003217.9 -183759 (2000.0) M6III(Buscombe) V=10.34 B-V=1.49 U-B=1.16 Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 12.0-13.0p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV798 19940812.728 122p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV798 19951118.420 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV798 19961202.438 121p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV798 19970828.678 126p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV798 19971101.573 122p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV798 20001123.481 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV798 20011013.553 120p 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>