New Takamizawa variable (TmzV837) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV837). TmzV837 = GSC7458.250 205715.91 -304551.9 (2000.0) 14.39 0 = GSC7458.250 205715.93 -304551.5 (2000.0) 14.94 0 = USNO0525.35482607 205715.939 -304551.64 (2000.0) 12.1 15.6 = 2MASS 205715.950 -304551.83 (2000.0) 6.107 0.000 0.000 = IRAS20542-3057 205412.8 -305728 (1950.0) F12=1.74 F25=0.63 F60=0.40L F100=1.00L VAR= 0 LRS=-1 possibly II: variable star with 'young' O-rich circumstellar shell or VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell or VIa: non-variable star with relatively cold dust at large distance, may be carbon-rich = 205715.2 -304552 (2000.0) IRAS20542-3057 1.657 0.641 0.400L 1.000L 0% = 205715.2 -304552 (2000.0) SSC20542-3057 1.657 0.641 0.400L 1.000L = 205716.6 -304548 (2000.0) FSC20542-3057 1.792 0.721 0.165L 0.956L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 13.5-14.3p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV837 19940803.592 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV837 19940810.644 143p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV837 19940930.544 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV837 19941127.394 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV837 19950723.663 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV837 19950921.518 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV837 19951020.433 142p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV837 19960815.559 143p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV837 19970706.694 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV837 20011013.435 140p 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>