New Takamizawa variable (TmzV885) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV885). TmzV885 = GSC4060.661 025310.23 +661518.3 (2000.0) 13.15 1 = USNO1500.02803311 025310.232 +661518.33 (2000.0) 12.7 17.4 = IRAS02488+6603 024853.6 +660302 (1950.0) F12=2.75 F25=1.32 F60=0.40L F100=1.90L VAR= 9 LRS=-1 possibly II: variable star with 'young' O-rich circumstellar shell or VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell = 025309.8 +661517 (2000.0) IRAS02488+6603 2.824 1.300 0.400L 1.967L 9% = 025309.8 +661517 (2000.0) SSC02488+6603 2.824 1.300 0.400L 1.967L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 13.0-13.9p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV885 19950127.432 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV885 19960922.656 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV885 19970613.737 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV885 19980116.420 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV885 19980629.693 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV885 19991128.440 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV885 20000902.687 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV885 20011023.613 132p 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>