New Takamizawa variable (TmzV856) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV856). TmzV856 = GSC3288.131 020321.79 +502409.9 (2000.0) 11.48 1 = USNO1350.01982581 020321.840 +502409.88 (2000.0) 10.9 13.9 = 2MASS 020321.792 +502409.72 (2000.0) 0.000 0.000 0.000 = IRAS02001+5009 020008.6 +500951 (1950.0) F12=2.09 F25=0.83 F60=0.40L F100=4.36L VAR=55 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 = 020322.1 +502412 (2000.0) FSC02001+5009 2.027 0.828 0.704L 6.737L = 020323.0 +502414 (2000.0) IRAS02001+5009 2.014 0.875 0.400L 4.218L 55% = 020323.0 +502414 (2000.0) SSC02001+5009 2.014 0.875 0.400L 4.218L = 020327.6 +502554 (2000.0) DO25213 Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 11.0-12.9p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV856 19950127.424 116p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV856 19960922.666 120p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV856 19970613.728 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV856 19980116.413 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV856 19980629.701 118p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV856 19991128.448 119p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV856 20000902.678 117p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV856 20011023.605 110p 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>