THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 441        1990 Sept 2 08.50UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close,  Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP, England. Telephone:   (0256)471074 Int:+44256471074
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SUPERNOVA 1990Y IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
J. Maza, Astronomy Department, University of Chile; and M. Phillips
and N. Suntzeff, Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory,telex:
"M. Wischnjewsky has discovered a supernova at R.A. = 3h35m24s.2,
Decl. = -33 12'21" (equinox 1950.0), which is 1".2 E, 5".2 S of the
nucleus of an anonymous elliptical galaxy. The supernova (estimated
B = 18) was found on a 15-min 103a-O plate taken through a GG385
filter by L. Wells and Wischnjewsky with the Curtis Schmidt
telescope on Aug. 22.36 UT. Confirmation was made by S. Howell and
P. Szkody, who obtained BVR CCD images with the CTIO 0.9-m telescope
on Aug. 29.40; their preliminary magnitudes and colours from these
data are V = 17.7, B-V = +0.8, and V-R = +0.2."
IAUC 5080

SUPERNOVA 1990Z IN UGC 12133
J. Mueller reports her discovery of a supernova in UGC 12133
(R.A. = 22h37m.0, Decl. = +8 22', equinox 1950.0), located 25".5 W
30".2 S of the galaxy's centre. The estimated magnitude of the
supernova is 19 on a red plate taken Aug. 21 UT with the 1.2-m
Oschin Schmidt Telescope in the course of the second Palomar Sky
Survey.  A spectrum indicates that the object is a type-II SN.
IAUC 5082

V348 SAGITTARII
This unusual R CrB-type variable is again fading, as indicated by
the following visual magnitude estimates (cf. IAUC 4821):
Apr. 29.09, 11.8 (M. Verdenet, Bourbon-Lancy, France); July 6.17,
12.0 (J. E. Bortle, Stormville, NY); Aug. 16.86, 11.8 (Verdenet);
17.86, 12.2 (Verdenet); 18.8, 12.8 (T. Cooper, Benoni, R.S.A.);
18.85, 12.6 (Verdenet); 19.7, 12.8 (D. Overbeek, Edenvale, R.S.A.);
19.87, 13.0 (Verdenet); 20.86, 14.2 (Verdenet); 23.46, 14.6(Royer)
IAUC 5082

V632 CYGNI (cf E439)
Stefan Korth reports a further result: Aug 24.985UT, 15.4. G.Dyck,
USA, advises he confirmed the outburst on Aug 29.08UT at 14.2.

BAA COMET SECTION MEETING
This will be held on 1990 October 6 at the Institute of Astronomy,
Cambridge, England. Details from the Section Director J.Shanklin at:
JDS @ UK.AC.CAM.ASTRONOMY.STARLINK

Guy M Hurst