------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 966 1995 June 17 17.20UT 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- BZ UMA Gary Poyner, Birmingham, UK reports an outburst of the UG-type variable BZ UMa. This has been confirmed by Bill Worraker of Didcot, UK: 1995 June 9.941UT, [13.7 (Gary Poyner, 0.40-m reflector, TA Seq) 14.950UT, 11.5 (Poyner) 15.956UT, 12.7 (Bill Worraker, 0.26-m reflector, TA Seq) The last observation indicates a steep decline of about one magnitude since first detection. The last detected outburst was reported on E890 when the star was detected at magnitude 11.4 on 1994 Oct 7.966UT. 3C 345 Kozo Sadakane, T.Yokoo and J.Arimoto, Osaka Kyoiku University, Japan report that the OVV blazar 3C 345 is anomalously faint. CCD photometric observations in V,R and I bands on 1995 May 27.6UT and June 1.6UT yielded the following magnitudes: 1995 May 27.6UT, V=17.52, R=17.19, I=16.66 1995 June 1.6UT, V=17.63, R=17.29, I=16.63 The V magnitude for June 1 is fainter than that reported in Kidger and Takalo (1990, AA, 239, L11). Guy M Hurst