New Takamizawa variable (TmzV886) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV886). TmzV886 = GSC4051.1563 024104.97 +621732.3 (2000.0) 13.49 1 = GSC4051.1563 024105.08 +621732.5 (2000.0) 13.40 1 = USNO1500.02621506 024104.966 +621732.23 (2000.0) 12.3 15.7 = IRAS02371+6204 023709.2 +620438 (1950.0) F12=5.25 F25=2.29 F60=3.63L F100=36.30L VAR= 8 LRS=-1 possibly II: variable star with 'young' O-rich 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 = 024103.8 +621728 (2000.0) IRAS02371+6204 5.218 2.236 3.805L 35.880L 8% = 024103.8 +621728 (2000.0) SSC02371+6204 5.218 2.236 3.805L 35.880L = 024105.2 +621733 (2000.0) MSX5C_G135.3008+02.0836 -33 -18 5 4 3 6 V(%):-:-:1:2:2:- Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 12.9-13.5p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV886 19950127.432 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV886 19970613.737 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV886 19980116.420 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV886 19980629.693 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV886 19991128.440 131p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV886 20000902.687 132p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV886 20011023.613 130p 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>