------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 950 1995 Apr 23 11.56UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK ------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPERNOVA 1995L IN NGC 5157 C. Pollas, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, reports his discovery with the 0.9-m Schmidt telescope of a supernova located at R.A. = 13h27m18s.34, Decl. = +32o01'52".7 (equinox 2000.0), which is 18".9 east and 2".0 north of the centre of NGC 5157. A V plate taken on Mar. 26.05 UT shows the object at mag 20.0, while a B plate taken on Apr. 4.04 shows it at mag 19.5. Nothing is present at the position of SN 1995L on two films (limiting mag 22) obtained in 1994 Apr. A nearby star (mag about 17) is at position end figures 09s.04, 02'47".4. P. Garnavich, A. Riess, and P. Challis, Center for Astrophysics, report that a CCD image taken by R. Jansen with the 1.2-m telescope at Mt. Hopkins on Apr. 8.3 shows the supernova at V = 19.2 +/- 0.1. A. V. Filippenko, A. J. Barth, and D. K. Stevens, University of California at Berkeley, report that preliminary inspection of an uncalibrated CCD spectrum (range 426- 703 nm, resolution 0.7 nm) obtained on Apr. 22 UT with the 3-m Shane reflector at Lick Observatory reveals that the object is a supernova, most likely of type Ia several months past maximum brightness. The recession velocity of the host galaxy, measured from narrow emission lines in the nucleus, is 7260 km/s. IAUC 6165 V1113 CYGNI Gary Poyner, Birmingham, UK e-mails that he has detected an outburst of V1113 Cygni, a star on the Recurrent Objects List of the UK Nova/Supernova Patrol. On 1995 Apr 19.027UT he recorded it at 13.7 visual (0.40-m refl., TA sequence). Confirmation has been received from Tonny Vanmunster, Belgium Apr 19.933UT, 13.9 visual (0.35-m reflector). Gary Poyner adds that the previous confirmed outburst was on 1994 Sept 1, 13.5 (Vanmunster/Poyner) Guy M Hurst