New Takamizawa variable (TmzV872) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV872). TmzV872 = GSC3697.526 020505.91 +581623.4 (2000.0) 13.34 1 N = USNO1425.02945053 020505.928 +581623.33 (2000.0) 12.1 16.5 = IRAS02016+5802 020136.6 +580200 (1950.0) F12=6.92 F25=3.31 F60=0.63 F100=4.36L VAR=16 LRS=-1 II: variable star with 'young' O-rich circumstellar shell = 020505.4 +581620 (2000.0) IRAS02016+5802 6.639 3.180 0.618 4.230L 16% = 020505.4 +581620 (2000.0) SSC02016+5802 6.639 3.180 0.618 4.230L = 020506.0 +581623 (2000.0) MSX5C_G132.5099-03.2221 -21 -11 7 6 4 4 V(%):-:-:1:1:1:0 Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 13.5-14.2p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV872 19950127.432 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV872 19960922.656 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV872 19970613.737 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV872 19970811.675 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV872 19971218.478 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV872 19980116.420 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV872 19980629.693 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV872 19980820.646 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV872 19990724.672 140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV872 19991128.440 142p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV872 20000902.678 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV872 20011023.605 137p 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>