Confirmation of variability of NSV 15216 (Takamizawa) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a variable star, which is identified with NSV 15216. The variability is confirmed. NSV15216 = GSC4025.1404 005909.09 +634850.0 (2000.0) 11.03 1 N = GSC4025.1404 005909.20 +634850.0 (2000.0) 11.25 1 = USNO1500.01033029 005909.252 +634850.09 (2000.0) 10.8 16.1 = IRAS00560+6332 005601.3 +633234 (1950.0) F12=3.98 F25=1.32 F60=0.40L F100=3.63L VAR=51 LRS=-1 possibly I: oxygen-rich non-variable star without circumstellar shell or VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell = 005907.8 +634852 (2000.0) MSX5C_G123.7804+00.9557 -17 14 5 3 2 -2 V(%):-:0:1:4:4:- = 005908.5 +634844 (2000.0) IRAS00560+6332 3.917 1.362 0.400L 3.665L 51% = 005908.5 +634844 (2000.0) SSC00560+6332 3.917 1.362 0.400L 3.665L = 005909.0 +634849 (2000.0) CS149 - 12.5 10.0 - = 005909.1 +634849 (2000.0) NSV15216 ? 10.9 13.2 V - - - - Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 10.5-12.4p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag observer NSV15216 19950120.474 115p Tmz.VSOLJ NSV15216 19970517.718 111p Tmz.VSOLJ NSV15216 19970703.727 115p Tmz.VSOLJ NSV15216 19980116.397 116p Tmz.VSOLJ NSV15216 19980823.617 105p Tmz.VSOLJ NSV15216 19981011.414 113p Tmz.VSOLJ NSV15216 19990105.447 111p Tmz.VSOLJ NSV15216 20000529.751 110p Tmz.VSOLJ NSV15216 20001216.393 118p Tmz.VSOLJ NSV15216 20010520.749 108p Tmz.VSOLJ NSV15216 20011116.528 124p 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>