New Takamizawa variable (TmzV908) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV908). This object is identified with a strong IRAS source, which is likely an H II region (WB 399). The nature of the variability needs to be studied in more detail. TmzV908 = GSC4040.1323 014539.62 +641559.0 (2000.0) 12.23 1 N = IRAS01420+6401 014205.5 +640101 (1950.0) F12=3.63 F25=10.96 F60=131.80 F100=229.04 VAR= 9 LRS=-1 VIII: different sort of object = 014539.5 +641601 (2000.0) IRAS01420+6401 3.778 11.280 128.800 234.400 9% = 014539.5 +641601 (2000.0) SSC01420+6401 3.778 11.280 128.800 234.400 = 014539.9 +641550 (2000.0) GB6J0145+6415 45mJy = 014540.1 +641604 (2000.0) MSX5C_G128.7772+02.0133 -33 -18 1 2 2 5 V(%):-:-:2:2:1:2 Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 13.2-13.7p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV908 19950127.432 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV908 19960922.656 132p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV908 19970613.737 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV908 19980116.420 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV908 19980629.693 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV908 19991128.440 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV908 20000902.687 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV908 20011023.613 132p 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>