New Takamizawa variable (TmzV857) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV857). TmzV857 = GSC3690.2539 021615.52 +544837.1 (2000.0) 12.57 1 = USNO1425.03226470 021615.601 +544835.66 (2000.0) 11.2 14.0 * = IRAS02127+5434 021247.9 +543433 (1950.0) F12=0.76 F25=0.36 F60=0.40L F100=1.44L VAR=92 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 = 021613.8 +544827 (2000.0) IRAS02127+5434 0.775 0.384 0.400L 1.401L 92% = 021613.8 +544827 (2000.0) SSC02127+5434 0.775 0.384 0.400L 1.401L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 11.9-12.7p. (TmzV857 is a component of a close pair; GSC3690.2583 star is present in the SSE direction). Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV857 19950127.424 120p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV857 19960922.666 122p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV857 19970613.728 131p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV857 19980116.413 121p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV857 19980629.701 127p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV857 19991128.448 126p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV857 20000902.678 119p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV857 20011023.605 122p 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>