THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 693 1992 Dec 21 20.11UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074 TELEX: 9312111261 Answerback: TA G TELECOM GOLD: 10074:MIK2885 GMH at UK.AC.RUTHERFORD.STARLINK.ASTROPHYSICS STARLINK: RLSAC::GMH GMH at UK.AC.CAM.ASTRONOMY.STARLINK STARLINK: CAVAD::GMH ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOVA IN MESSIER 31 Brian Manning, Stakenbridge, reports a precise position for the nova reported on E686: 1992 Nov 17 RA 00h40m16.3s DEC +40 58'13.3" [1950] PPM 00 40 16.3 +40 58 14.0 SAOC As the residuals from using the SAOC were about 1.5" a PPM measure was taken based on [2000] and then precessed using a program by Paul Leyland. Guy M Hurst, Basingstoke, has obtained the following magnitude