New Takamizawa variable (TmzV808) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV808). TmzV808 = GSC5769.810 205037.41 -135013.4 (2000.0) 12.60 0 = GSC5769.810 205037.44 -135012.9 (2000.0) 13.11 0 = USNO0750.20520734 205037.417 -135013.78 (2000.0) 11.6 15.1 = IRAS20478-1401 204750.8 -140129 (1950.0) F12=3.63 F25=1.20 F60=0.40L F100=1.00L VAR= 1 LRS=-1 possibly I: oxygen-rich non-variable star without circumstellar shell or VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell = 205036.5 -135015 (2000.0) FSC20478-1401 3.631 1.158 0.294 0.798L = 205036.7 -135014 (2000.0) IRAS20478-1401 3.585 1.178 0.400L 1.000L 1% = 205036.7 -135014 (2000.0) SSC20478-1401 3.585 1.178 0.400L 1.000L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 12.3-13.0p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV808 19940413.792 126p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV808 19940512.748 128p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV808 19940703.658 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV808 19940803.581 123p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV808 19940810.659 123p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV808 19940930.532 127p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV808 19941127.402 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV808 19950311.825 126p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV808 19950723.655 128p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV808 19951020.441 126p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV808 19960423.791 123p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV808 19960815.567 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV808 19961030.456 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV808 19970706.678 127p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV808 19971025.526 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV808 19990708.663 128p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV808 20011013.451 130p 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>