New Takamizawa variable (TmzV883) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV883). TmzV883 = GSC4060.6 025223.00 +670755.0 (2000.0) 13.54 1 = USNO1500.02792256 025223.066 +670755.05 (2000.0) 11.8 16.9 = IRAS02480+6655 024801.9 +665535 (1950.0) F12=3.31 F25=1.58 F60=0.40L F100=2.51L VAR=68 LRS=-1 possibly II: variable star with 'young' O-rich circumstellar shell or VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell = 025222.1 +670753 (2000.0) IRAS02480+6655 3.191 1.647 0.400L 2.550L 68% = 025222.1 +670753 (2000.0) SSC02480+6655 3.191 1.647 0.400L 2.550L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 13.2-14.8p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV883 19950127.432 148p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV883 19960922.656 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV883 19970613.737 132p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV883 19980116.420 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV883 19980629.693 144p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV883 19991128.440 144p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV883 20000902.687 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV883 20011023.613 143p 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>