New Takamizawa variable (TmzV877) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV877). TmzV877 = GSC4037.2696 021520.46 +621349.7 (2000.0) 13.28 1 = USNO1500.02279766 021520.487 +621349.74 (2000.0) 11.8 16.3 = IRAS02116+6159 021136.8 +615947 (1950.0) F12=0.83 F25=0.25L F60=4.78L F100=57.53L VAR=-1 LRS=-1 possibly I: oxygen-rich non-variable star without 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 = 021519.9 +621343 (2000.0) IRAS02116+6159 0.841 0.250L 4.633L 57.660L -1% = 021519.9 +621343 (2000.0) SSC02116+6159 0.841 0.250L 4.633L 57.660L = 021520.1 +621351 (2000.0) MSX5C_G132.5334+00.9334 -17 -9 1 0 0 -2 V(%):-:-:1:-:-:- = 021459.7 +621404 (2000.0) DO25462 Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 13.3-14.2p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV877 19950127.432 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV877 19960922.656 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV877 19970811.675 142p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV877 19971218.478 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV877 19980116.420 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV877 19980629.693 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV877 19990724.672 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV877 19991128.440 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV877 20000902.678 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV877 20011023.605 138p 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>