New Takamizawa variable (TmzV844) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV844). TmzV844 = GSC2828.395 015320.72 +440741.9 (2000.0) 13.71 1 = GSC2828.395 015320.85 +440741.7 (2000.0) 13.54 1 = USNO1275.01141896 015320.791 +440741.72 (2000.0) 12.5 14.9 = IRAS01502+4352 015017.1 +435256 (1950.0) F12=0.58 F25=0.36 F60=0.40L F100=1.00L VAR=47 LRS=-1 possibly IIIa: variable star with more evolved O-rich c.s. shell or VIb: variable star with relatively hot dust close to the star and relatively cold dust at large distance may be O-rich or VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell = 015320.0 +440737 (2000.0) FSC01502+4352 0.565 0.265 0.166L 0.975L = 015321.0 +440741 (2000.0) IRAS01502+4352 0.578 0.350 0.400L 1.000L 47% = 015321.0 +440741 (2000.0) SSC01502+4352 0.578 0.350 0.400L 1.000L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 13.1-14.1p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV844 19941102.661 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV844 19950127.431 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV844 19950320.429 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV844 19960922.666 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV844 19970613.728 131p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV844 19980116.413 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV844 19980629.701 1384 Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV844 19991128.448 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV844 20000902.669 141p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV844 20011023.597 136p 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>