New Takamizawa variable (TmzV888) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV888). TmzV888 = GSC4051.748 023440.23 +630003.8 (2000.0) 13.27 1 = USNO1500.02531357 023440.270 +630003.74 (2000.0) 12.2 16.1 = IRAS02307+6246 023046.0 +624656 (1950.0) F12=1.10 F25=0.58 F60=1.00L F100=9.12L VAR= 0 LRS=-1 possibly IIIa: variable star with more evolved O-rich c.s. shell or VIb: variable star with relatively hot dust close to the star and relatively cold dust at large distance may be O-rich or VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell = 023440.3 +630003 (2000.0) IRAS02307+6246 1.073 0.593 1.011L 9.463L 0% = 023440.3 +630003 (2000.0) SSC02307+6246 1.073 0.593 1.011L 9.463L = 023440.6 +630003 (2000.0) MSX5C_G134.3422+02.4394 -33 -18 1 -3 1 4 V(%):-:-:2:-:0:- Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 12.6-13.6p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV888 19950127.432 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV888 19960922.656 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV888 19970613.737 128p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV888 19980116.420 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV888 19980629.693 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV888 19991128.440 126p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV888 20000902.687 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV888 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>