New Takamizawa variable (TmzV860) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV860). TmzV860 = GSC3687.1576 023124.44 +531705.4 (2000.0) 12.99 1 = USNO1425.03600831 023124.412 +531705.37 (2000.0) 11.6 16.2 = IRAS02279+5303 022756.7 +530348 (1950.0) F12=3.98 F25=1.90 F60=0.36 F100=1.00L VAR=12 LRS=-1 II: variable star with 'young' O-rich circumstellar shell = 023124.5 +531703 (2000.0) IRAS02279+5303 4.072 1.907 0.349 1.021L 12% = 023124.5 +531703 (2000.0) SSC02279+5303 4.072 1.907 0.349 1.021L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 13.0-13.7p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV860 19950127.424 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV860 19960922.666 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV860 19970613.728 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV860 19980116.413 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV860 19980629.701 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV860 19991128.448 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV860 20000902.678 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV860 20011023.605 133p 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>