THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 148 1988 Apr 30  11.20UT.
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Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16, Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP, England. Telephone:(0256)471074.Int:+44256471074
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X-RAY NOVA
F.Makino and the Ginga Team, Institute of Space and Astronautical
Science, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, report: " A bright x-ray nova has
been detected at:
RA 20h 01.6m DEC +24.9degrees (equinox 1950.0, uncertainty +/- 0.3
deg). It was observed on Apr 26.04UT with the all-sky monitor on
Ginga at an intensity of a few times that of the Crab Nebula.
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Observers and photographers are urged to check the area and recent
photos for a possible optical candidate.

NOVA OPHIUCHI 1988
Rob McNaught e-mails further observations:
Apr 26.48UT, 9.7 (Seargent); 26.52, 9.8 (McNaught).
P.Schmeer, West Germany, notes that star 1 of V=10.25 near NGC 6304
(cf E-146) is 3.2'N not South as previously quoted.

SUPERNOVA 1987K IN NGC 4651
A.V.Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley has reported
new spectral data suggesting that this object is of type Ib rather
than type II as previously proposed (cf E-144).

TAV 0226+39
This is now a morning object and an urgent appeal is made for
further observations. As the object may now be faint photographs at
prime focus are especially needed.
Mark Kidger advises us that although the computer problem has not
been resolved, he understands that a spectrum was obtained on Apr 1
with the Isaac Newton 100" telescope and that the astronomers
entered a note in the log book referring to strong Oxygen III. It
is believed this would be normal for a nova perhaps one week after
maximum.

Guy M Hurst