New Takamizawa variable (TmzV852) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV852). TmzV852 = GSC3292.1801 015903.36 +522322.3 (2000.0) 10.69 1 = USNO1350.01916669 015903.363 +522322.47 (2000.0) 9.8 14.0 = 2MASS 015903.360 +522322.20 (2000.0) 0.000 0.000 0.000 = IRAS01557+5208 015547.7 +520849 (1950.0) F12=5.25 F25=2.09 F60=0.48 F100=1.10L VAR= 8 LRS=-1 VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell = 015903.7 +522322 (2000.0) IRAS01557+5208 5.086 2.108 0.492 1.102L 8% = 015903.7 +522322 (2000.0) SSC01557+5208 5.086 2.108 0.492 1.102L = 015903.3 +522322 (2000.0) 1065 1.51 TYC3292.1801.1 plx=-219.6(63.6) (0.09 0.34) = 015903.3 +522321 (2000.0) 1070 2.37 TYC2-3292.1801.1 (10.95 0.06) (13.74 0.36) = 015906.7 +522313 (2000.0) DO25103 Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 10.3-10.9p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV852 19950127.424 106p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV852 19960922.666 106p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV852 19970613.728 104p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV852 19980116.413 109p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV852 19980629.701 105p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV852 19991128.448 106p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV852 20000902.678 103p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV852 20011023.605 104p 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>