------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 869 1994 July 31 16.17UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074 INTERNET: GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK or GMH at GXVG.AST.CAM.AC.UK ------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPERNOVA 1994W IN NGC 4041 A fax message was received on July 30 at TA HQ from Giancarlo Cortini and Mirko Villi, Valbura, Italy, reporting their visual discovery with a 0.28-m telescope on July 29.85 UT of a possible supernova of mag about 13.5 located about 1' north of the centre of NGC 4041 (R.A. = 11h59m.6, Decl. = +62o25', equinox 1950.0). C. Pollas and Liu Zongli also confirm the existence of this new object on panchromatic films obtained July 30 with the Schmidt telescope at Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur. IAUC 6042 \\\\\\SN 1994W b in NGC 4041 S,400,9,S -C,12.0359, 62.1383,2000 P,11h 59.7m +62 25' (1950) O,200,200,13.5,? -T,Sequence:GSC Mean 2 plates -G,202,201,200,200 -L,R,N4041 -G,167,297,200,200 -L,L,N4036 -S,SN/025.01 M,9,6,111 M,9,247,55 -L,L,90 R,10.96,181,229,A,R R,11.74,218,153,B R,12.30,277,217,C,B R,12.84,219,222,D,R R,13.18,251,196,E,R R,13.62,176,205,F,B R,14.06,214,189,G,R M,10,377,183,106,269,97,144,316,139,31,284,232,279,148,16 M,11,208,88,284,94,382,131,361,85,174,363,374,350 M,11,114,282,112,399,346,391,301,19,373,33,378,48,102,28 M,12,160,111,329,124,8,96,13,191,72,220 M,12,105,229,382,182,262,64,380,236,318,359,153,380,34,312 M,12,298,24,80,45,396,15,26,4 M,13,363,245,30,124,359,116,302,218,378,155 M,13,300,194,278,225,264,138,260,138,225,157,359,230,42,117 M,13,369,342,370,380,310,361,298,300,368,364,256,357,316,289 M,13,273,378,337,281,56,376,2,347,365,394,209,317,189,57 M,13,131,78,288,15,107,52,103,51,116,44,340,30,377,42 M,13,284,41,146,9 M,14,21,203,195,85,31,136,141,85,15,222 M,14,208,125,139,148,92,112,303,247,46,180,70,145,127,256 M,14,322,152,52,77,88,215,157,266,78,270,19,90,396,186 M,14,354,105,337,186,305,189,50,144,280,157,271,77,278,196 M,14,160,109,345,177,172,234,359,229,317,399,297,301,38,99 M,14,236,364,255,355,149,281,33,369,207,340,338,366,377,386 M,14,315,328,256,338,270,339,271,314,393,291,167,366,53,344 M,14,209,337,167,345,368,331,251,210,370,302,149,323,118,116 M,14,222,338,396,105,207,79,3,244,212,222,32,71,358,168 M,14,320,24,330,16,189,38,395,3,12,17,172,6,13,6 M,14,18,46 M,15,313,152,360,179,318,169,385,133,380,71,276,80,52,138 M,15,29,77,378,243,388,157,316,172,169,206,85,62,127,79 M,15,7,62,153,232,33,179,73,134,361,285,245,176,353,304 M,15,253,138,221,105,134,365,213,171,128,143,383,399,61,258 M,15,216,123,105,249,178,211,164,242,171,214,145,65,126,224 M,15,29,66,352,65,262,22,116,26,217,12,229,30,15,13 M,15,117,7,358,23 E,194 ////// Basic chart automatically generated by CHART ver 1.2 Guy M Hurst --- 00049 --- Date: Sun, 31 Jul 94 19:04 GMT