New Takamizawa variable (TmzV897) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV897). TmzV897 = GSC4041.89 021235.19 +653110.8 (2000.0) 13.45 1 = USNO1500.02240289 021235.196 +653110.55 (2000.0) 12.0 16.8 = IRAS02087+6517 020843.6 +651710 (1950.0) F12=1.00 F25=0.36 F60=0.48L F100=17.37L VAR= 0 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 = 021236.0 +653113 (2000.0) IRAS02087+6517 0.987 0.348 0.471L 17.960L 0% = 021236.0 +653113 (2000.0) SSC02087+6517 0.987 0.348 0.471L 17.960L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 13.0-13.7p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV897 19950127.432 131p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV897 19960922.656 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV897 19970613.737 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV897 19980116.420 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV897 19980629.693 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV897 19991128.440 132p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV897 20000902.687 132p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV897 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>