New Takamizawa variable (TmzV838) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV838). TmzV838 = GSC7484.460 211254.59 -361512.9 (2000.0) 11.63 0 = USNO0525.35645077 211254.607 -361513.08 (2000.0) 9.0 11.6 = IRAS21097-3627 210947.9 -362735 (1950.0) F12=2.51 F25=1.58 F60=0.40L F100=1.00L VAR=35 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 = 211252.3 -361520 (2000.0) CD-36.14671 10.0 = 211254.5 -361512 (2000.0) IRAS21097-3627 2.482 1.575 0.400L 1.000L 35% = 211254.5 -361512 (2000.0) SSC21097-3627 2.482 1.575 0.400L 1.000L = 211254.6 -361511 (2000.0) FSC21098-3627 2.425 1.459 0.317L 0.940L = 211254.5 -361511 (2000.0) 1058 1.21 TYC7484.460.1 plx=68.9(53.0) (0.11 0.25) = 211254.6 -361510 (2000.0) 1046 1.42 TYC2-7484.460.1 (10.61 0.07) (12.28 0.23) Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 10.6-11.3p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV838 19940810.644 113p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV838 19950921.518 106p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV838 19960721.671 113p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV838 19960815.606 110p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV838 19970706.687 111p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV838 20011013.435 112p 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>