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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 876       1994 Aug 20 17.26UT
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
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SUPERNOVA 1994X IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
R. H. McNaught, Anglo-Australian Observatory, reports his discovery
of an apparent supernova of mag 18.5 on an R plate taken by
M. Hartley with the U.K. Schmidt Telescope (UKST) on Aug. 15.  The
supernova is at R.A. = 0h15m20s.62, Decl. = -24o53'50".5 (equinox
2000.0) and is located in a spiral arm, 1".0 east and 16".4 south
of the galaxy's centre.  The new object was confirmed on a CCD
image taken by McNaught and G. J. Garradd with the 1.0-m telescope
at Siding Spring on Aug. 16.  No image appeared at this location on
various UKST plates taken > 5 years ago.  A nearby star of mag 17.5
has position end figures 21s.70, 42".2.
IAUC 6056

SUPERNOVA 1994Y IN NGC 5371
William Wren, McDonald Observatory, reports his visual discovery of
an apparent supernova in NGC 5371 (R.A. = 13h55m.7,
Decl. = +40o28', equinox 2000.0), located about 28" west and 14"
north of the galaxy's nucleus.  Wren provides the following
magnitude estimates as seen through a 0.9-m telescope:  July 31.18
UT, [16.5; Aug. 19.15, 15.0.

Y. Paik, A. V. Filippenko, R. R. Treffers, and S. D. Van Dyk,
University of California at Berkeley; and M. W. Richmond, Princeton
University, report that R-band images of NGC 5371 were obtained in
August as part of the Leuschner Observatory Supernova Search.  On
Aug. 12, SN 1994Y is 2.7 mag fainter than the comparison star 61"
west and 5" south of it, barely below the threshold for automatic
detection.  On Aug. 16, it is perhaps 2 mag fainter than the
comparison star, but the image quality is very poor. Images
obtained on Aug.3,6, and 9 show little or nothing due to clouds.
SN 1994Y is measured as 34" west and 11" north of the galaxy's
nucleus.
IAUC 6058

Guy M Hurst