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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 956       1995 May 15 17.40UT
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
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SUPERNOVA 1995M IN MCG -02-38-017
C. Pollas, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, reports his discovery of
a supernova (V about 17.5) on two Technical Pan Schmidt films taken
on May 5.95 and 8.03 UT by D. Albanese and himself. SN 1995M is
located at R.A. = 14h49m28s.27, Decl. = -10o10'15".4 (equinox
2000.0), which is 34" west and 19" north of the brightest component
of this irregular galaxy complex (also known as Arp 261). A nearby
star of mag 17-18 is at position end figures 29s.19, 37".3.
S. Benetti, P. Bouchet, and H. Schwarz, European Southern
Observatory (ESO), report that preliminary inspection of a
partially-calibrated CCD spectrogram (range 514.4-692.5 nm,
resolution 0.8 nm), obtained on May 9.08 UT with the ESO
3.6-m telescope (+ EFOSC1), confirms that SN 1995M is a peculiar
type-II supernova.
IAUC 6170

Guy M Hurst