THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 582       1991 Nov 27 20.04UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
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1991 AGM VIDEO
The meeting was a great success and was attended by over 70
observers. We are pleased to announce that a video of this event is
now available thanks to the hard work of Martin Mobberley who
recorded the talks and who subsequently has edited the tape to a
length of approximately three hours.
It includes the following:
Annual Report                                       The Editor
1991 VG- A returning spacecraft?                    Guy M Hurst
Rebirth of the Planetary Section                    Mark Kidger
Recent Developments in amateur CCD systems          Terry Platt
The Great Solar Eclipse of 1991 July 11             Eric Strach
The Discovery of Nova Herculis 1991                 Denis Buczynski
Annual Awards Ceremony
Star Catalogues and Atlases from 1850               Mike Swan
Interview with Terry Platt showing latest CCD equipment.
The video can now be ordered from the editor and costs #12.00
per tape for UK post paid. Please add #3.00 for despatch to other
European Destinations.
Additionally UK based subscribers can hire the video for one week
by sending a remittance of #4.00.

COMET SHOEMAKER-LEVY (1991d1)
Carolyn S. and Eugene M. Shoemaker and David H. Levy report their
discovery of another comet on films exposed with the 0.46-m
Schmidt telescope at Palomar, as shown below.  The comet is diffuse
with condensation; the image on Nov. 15 may be involved with a
faint star. The comet appears as a very diffuse trail on a 48-min
plate taken by C. Brewer with the Oschin Schmidt telescope on
Nov 16.
     1991 UT             R.A. (1950) Decl.        m1
     Nov. 13.34878    3 28 58.30   +44 07 15.9   16.5
          13.37969    3 28 57.61   +44 07 09.9
          15.35972    3 28 24.75   +44 00 51.6
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SUPERNOVA 1991bf IN ESO 471-G30
R. H. McNaught, Anglo-Australian Observatory, reports his discovery
of an apparent supernova (mag about 17.5) in ESO 471-G30 (=
MCG -05-56-27) on an I plate taken Nov. 13.4 UT by K. S. Russell
with the U.K. Schmidt Telescope. The supernova is located at
R.A. = 23h49m40s.10, Decl. = -29 43'10".6 (1950.0) or 12".1 west
and 23".0 north of the centre of the galaxy. No star appears in
this position on the SERC J or the ESO R and B surveys. A nearby
star (mag about 18.5) is situated closer to the nucleus (6".7 west
and 17".6 north) with end figures 40s.52, 16".0.
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R CRB
D.Bohme, Germany reports further photoelectric photometry of this
star (cf E578):
1991 Oct 28.74UT, V=6.14, B-V=+0.66; 30.73, 6.22, +0.67;
Nov 3.77, 6.18, +0.68; 4.74, 6.24, +0.66; 6.73, 6.30, +0.63;
10.73, 6.29, +0.76:.
Melvyn Taylor, Wakefield also reports recent visual estimates
( cf E579):1991 Nov 14.26, 6.7; 19.25, 6.7; 20.28, 6.8; 23.22, 6.8.

Guy M Hurst