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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 903       1994 Dec 07 20.05UT
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 1994af IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
R. H. McNaught, Anglo-Australian Observatory, reports his discovery
of an apparent supernova (mag about 18) at
R.A. = 3h02m57s.97, Decl. = -12o22'54".9 (1950.0)
about 3" due east of the center of the host spiral galaxy.
SN 1994af was found on an R plate taken on Nov. 27 by C. P. Cass
with the U.K. Schmidt Telescope.  No image appears at this position
on another R plate taken on 1993 Sept. 23 or on the SERC J survey.
A nearby star (about 0.5 mag fainter than SN 1994af) has position
end figures 3m05s.52, 8".6.
B. Schmidt, P. Challis, and R. Kirshner, Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics (CfA), report that a spectrogram (380-740
nm) of SN 1994af taken by P. Berlind (CfA) with the Tillinghast
1.5-m reflector (+ FAST spectrograph) on Dec. 1.25 UT shows this
object to be a relatively young type-II supernova, as indicated by
broad P-Cyg profiles of H-alpha and He I (587.6 nm).
IAUC 6110

FN ANDROMEDAE
Patrick Schmeer, Germany e-mails us to report that he has observed
an outburst of FN And .0.203-m SC):
1994 Dec 2.881UT, [14.1; 5.751, 13.4.
Gary Poyner has relayed observations confirming the event:
Dec 05.791UT, 13.4 (Tonny Vanmunster, Landen, Belgium 0.35-m refl)
     5.852UT, 13.4 (Bill Worraker, Didcot, UK, 0.26-m refl)
Patrick adds that the last detected outburst was on 1994 July 12.

IP PEGASI
William Dillon, Missouri, Texas, USA reports an outburst of this
UG star (0.28-m SC):
1994 Dec 1.196UT, [13.8; 6.163, 13.6.
The outburst has been confirmed by M.Yamada, Ishikawa, Japan:
1994 Dec 6.416UT, 13.1 (0.35-m SC)

Guy M Hurst