New Takamizawa variable (TmzV898) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV898). TmzV898 = GSC4045.578 021515.34 +654219.6 (2000.0) 12.55 1 = USNO1500.02278513 021515.358 +654219.23 (2000.0) 11.3 15.3 = IRAS02113+6528 021121.0 +652821 (1950.0) F12=2.51 F25=1.20 F60=0.63 F100=15.84L VAR= 8 LRS=-1 VIa: non-variable star with relatively cold dust at large distance, may be carbon-rich = 021515.0 +654219 (2000.0) MSX5C_G131.4156+04.2237 -24 -12 3 2 1 -3 V(%):-:-:0:-:-:- = 021515.5 +654218 (2000.0) IRAS02113+6528 2.460 1.229 0.662 15.730L 8% = 021515.5 +654218 (2000.0) SSC02113+6528 2.460 1.229 0.662 15.730L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 12.2-13.3p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV898 19950127.432 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV898 19960922.656 123p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV898 19970613.737 123p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV898 19980116.420 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV898 19980629.693 122p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV898 19991128.440 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV898 20000902.687 126p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV898 20011023.613 125p 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>