New Takamizawa variable (TmzV899) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV899). TmzV899 = GSC4058.1019 022114.89 +664216.8 (2000.0) 12.13 1 = GSC4058.1019 022114.96 +664216.9 (2000.0) 12.31 1 = USNO1500.02364722 022114.909 +664217.18 (2000.0) 11.7 14.8 = IRAS02172+6628 021714.1 +662835 (1950.0) F12=0.69 F25=0.33L F60=0.40L F100=9.12L VAR=-1 LRS=-1 possibly I: oxygen-rich non-variable star without circumstellar shell or 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 = 022115.8 +664217 (2000.0) IRAS02172+6628 0.708 0.322L 0.400L 9.210L -1% = 022115.8 +664217 (2000.0) SSC02172+6628 0.708 0.322L 0.400L 9.210L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 11.8-12.5p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV899 19950127.432 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV899 19960922.656 120p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV899 19970613.737 118p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV899 19980116.420 125p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV899 19980629.693 121p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV899 19991128.440 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV899 20000902.687 123p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV899 20011023.613 123p 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>