New Takamizawa variable (TmzV938) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV938). TmzV938 = GSC4029.406 010257.31 +672631.8 (2000.0) 12.68 1 = USNO1500.01094718 010257.314 +672631.93 (2000.0) 12.1 16.5 = IRAS00596+6710 005939.8 +671015 (1950.0) F12=0.83 F25=0.40 F60=0.40L F100=2.51L VAR=30 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 = 010255.6 +672621 (2000.0) IRAS00596+6710 0.861 0.391 0.400L 2.549L 30% = 010255.6 +672621 (2000.0) SSC00596+6710 0.861 0.391 0.400L 2.549L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 13.0-13.6p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV938 19950120.474 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV938 19970517.718 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV938 19970703.727 131p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV938 19980116.397 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV938 19980823.617 132p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV938 19981011.414 131p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV938 19990105.447 136p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV938 20000529.751 132p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV938 20001216.393 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV938 20010520.749 132p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV938 20011116.528 131p 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>