New Takamizawa variable (TmzV848) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV848). TmzV848 = GSC2844.1862 023406.07 +433136.3 (2000.0) 12.08 1 = USNO1275.01596472 023406.074 +433136.22 (2000.0) 11.5 14.2 = IRAS02308+4318 023053.6 +431826 (1950.0) F12=2.51 F25=1.20 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 = 023404.9 +433130 (2000.0) FSC02308+4318 2.538 1.228 0.257L 0.579L = 023406.3 +433134 (2000.0) IRAS02308+4318 2.586 1.223 0.400L 1.000L 0% = 023406.3 +433134 (2000.0) SSC02308+4318 2.586 1.223 0.400L 1.000L = 023406.5 +433125 (2000.0) DO25900 Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 11.5-12.4p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV848 19941102.661 120p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV848 19950127.431 120p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV848 19950320.429 117p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV848 19960922.666 122p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV848 19970613.728 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV848 19980116.413 116p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV848 19980629.701 115p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV848 19991128.448 121p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV848 20000902.669 122p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV848 20011023.597 123p 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>