New Takamizawa variable (TmzV940) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV940). TmzV940 = GSC4025.2005 005656.15 +642700.9 (2000.0) 12.63 1 N = USNO1500.00996660 005656.230 +642701.26 (2000.0) 11.8 19.4 = IRAS00538+6410 005349.9 +641054 (1950.0) F12=1.10 F25=0.40 F60=0.40L F100=12.02L VAR=15 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 = 005655.9 +642700 (2000.0) CS143 - >13.5 -9.9 - = 005655.9 +642701 (2000.0) MSX5C_G123.5246+01.5851 -27 -14 2 2 -1 -4 V(%):-:-:2:-:-:- = 005656.8 +642706 (2000.0) IRAS00538+6410 1.073 0.395 0.400L 12.220L 15% = 005656.8 +642706 (2000.0) SSC00538+6410 1.073 0.395 0.400L 12.220L = 005700.0 +642759 (2000.0) C5:,4(Buscombe) V=12.8 B-V=1.03 U-B=.87 Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 12.9-13.9p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV940 19950120.474 132p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV940 19970517.718 131p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV940 19970703.727 130p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV940 19980116.397 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV940 19980823.617 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV940 19981011.414 133p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV940 19990105.447 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV940 20000529.751 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV940 20001216.393 139p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV940 20010520.749 132p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV940 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>