THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 177 1988 July 7 19.35UT. 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------- AS 296 U.Munari, Asiago Astrophysical Observatory, telexes that this symbiotic variable is in outburst. On July 4, B was approximately mag 10.0. IAUC 4622 Rob McNaught e-mails the following position: RA 18h12m33.0s DEC -00 19'53"(1950). Could patrollers please check recent films for this area and report by e-mail. Further visual and photographic monitoring is urgently needed. NOVA OPH 1988 J.Isles, Cyprus, e-mails that this object is brightening again: June 30.79UT, 11.8: July 1.78, 11.5; 3.81, 11.3; 4.79, 11.0. Guy M Hurst