THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 120 1988 Feb 07  17.30UT.
Telecom Gold 72:MAG60138
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16, Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP, England. Telephone:(0256)471074.Int:+44256471074
Telex:265871(MONREF G) Quote"72:MAG60138 ATT G.HURST"in FIRST line.
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SUPERNOVA 1988A IN NGC 4579=M58
G.Johnstone, Leamington Spa, has submitted a photograph showing
this supernova and secured on Jan 30.25UT. The exposure, obtained
with 0.25-m refl. on Kodak 2415, shows the supernova at mag 14.1.
However further visual estimates by Rob McNaught in Siding Spring
give: Jan 29.75UT, 14.7; 30.75, 14.7.
The reason for the brighter result from photography is unclear but
rather unusual when compared with earlier SN results on K2415.
Further photography of this supernova is therefore urgently needed.

SUPERNOVA 1988B IN NGC 3191
We still do not have a reliable sequence for the field of this
supernova. An equivalent exposure on the same night of the SN
and field of NGC 3583 (RA 11h11.3m DEC +48 36',1950), for which we
have a photoelectric sequence would be of great assistance.

Guy M Hurst