New Takamizawa variable (TmzV903) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV903). TmzV903 = GSC4044.178 015530.68 +660552.5 (2000.0) 13.76 1 = USNO1500.01963303 015530.690 +660552.67 (2000.0) 12.2 17.3 = IRAS01517+6551 015145.4 +655110 (1950.0) F12=2.75 F25=1.32 F60=0.40L F100=3.02L VAR=17 LRS=-1 possibly II: variable star with 'young' O-rich circumstellar shell or VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell = 015530.3 +660551 (2000.0) IRAS01517+6551 2.646 1.370 0.400L 2.948L 17% = 015530.3 +660551 (2000.0) SSC01517+6551 2.646 1.370 0.400L 2.948L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 13.4-14.0p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV903 19950127.432 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV903 19960922.656 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV903 19970613.737 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV903 19980116.420 140p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV903 19980629.693 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV903 19991128.440 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV903 20000902.687 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV903 20011023.613 140p 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>