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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 899       1994 Nov 20 17.15UT
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 1994ad IN ESO 152-G26
Rob H. McNaught, Anglo-Australian Observatory, reports his
discovery of an apparent supernova (mag about 18) in ESO 152-G26 on
an I plate taken on Nov. 10 by M. Hartley with the U.K. Schmidt
telescope.  Confirmation was obtained on Nov. 11 via a CCD image
taken by D. I. Steel and G. J. Garradd with the 1.0-m reflector at
Siding Spring Observatory.  Coordinates for the supernova were
measured by McNaught from the CCD image:  R.A. = 1h47m39s.57, Decl.
= -56o17'30".0 (equinox 1950.0, uncertainty in each coordinate
0".4); SN 1994ad is situated in a spiral arm and offset 0".6 west
and 33".9 north from the galaxy's center.  No image appears in this
position on the SERC J or the European Southern Observatory B and R
surveys.  A nearby star (about 0.5 mag fainter than the supernova)
has position end figures 42s.55, 18'14".8.
IAUC 6103

SUPERNOVA 1994ae IN NGC 3370
S. D. Van Dyk and R. R. Treffers, University of California at
Berkeley (UCB); M. W. Richmond, Princeton University; and
A. V.Filippenko and Y. B. Paik, UCB, report their discovery of an
apparent supernova in NGC 3370
(R.A. = 10h44m23s, Decl. = +17o32'.3, 1950.0).  Observations were
conducted as part of the Leuschner Observatory Supernova Search
(LOSS), which uses an automated 0.76-m telescope equipped with the
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory CCD camera.  The supernova is located
about 30".3 west and 6".1 north of the galaxy's nucleus.  The
discovery image was taken on Nov. 14 UT, and the object is visible
at R = 15.4 +/- 0.4. A second image taken nearly 2 hr later shows
the object at the same position; it is not present to a limiting R
magnitude of about 17 in previous LOSS images of the galaxy, the
most recent one having been obtained on Nov. 3.
IAUC 6105

VIDEO: ECLIPSE FROM PERU
Martin Mobberley has prepared a new TA video (approximately 50
minutes duration) which shows the observation of the Total
Solar Eclipse as seen from Peru and in support of his article
in the 1994 November issue of 'The Astronomer'. This is now
available for 10 pounds post paid to UK addresses. For Europe
and beyond please add 30%. Remittances should be made payable
to 'The Astronomer' and sent to the Editor at the address shown
at the top of this circular.

Guy M Hurst