New Takamizawa variable (TmzV859) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV859). TmzV859 = GSC3686.15 022525.81 +541103.0 (2000.0) 11.93 1 = USNO1425.03468151 022525.816 +541103.08 (2000.0) 11.9 99.9 = IRAS02219+5357 022157.5 +535726 (1950.0) F12=1.10 F25=0.52 F60=0.40L F100=1.10L VAR=16 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 = 022525.2 +541057 (2000.0) IRAS02219+5357 1.130 0.521 0.400L 1.076L 16% = 22525.2 +541057 (2000.0) SSC02219+5357 1.130 0.521 0.400L 1.076L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 11.8-12.8p. (TmzV859 is a component of a close pair; GSC3686.555 star is present in the SSE direction). Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV859 19950127.424 123p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV859 19960922.666 120p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV859 19970613.728 119p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV859 19980116.413 125p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV859 19980629.701 128p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV859 19991128.448 118p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV859 20000902.678 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV859 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>