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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 980       1995 Aug  4 19.30UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074
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SUPERNOVA 1995T IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
C. Pollas, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, reports his discovery
of a supernova of V about 18.0 at:
R. A. = 22h27m12s.41, Decl. = -9d29'44".4 (equinox 2000.0),
6".1 west and 2".3 south of the centre of an anonymous galaxy of
mpg about 17.4.  The object was found on tech pan films obtained
by D. Albanese and himself on July 25.09 and 27.05 UT with the
0.9-m Schmidt. Nothing is visible at the location on the Palomar
Sky Survey prints down to B = 21 and R = 20.  A. V. Filippenko,
D. C. Leonard and A. J. Barth, University of California at
Berkeley, report that preliminary inspection of uncalibrated CCD
spectra (range 310-800 nm, resolution 0.7 nm) obtained on Aug. 1
with the 3-m Shane reflector at the Lick Observatory suggests that
the object is a type Ia supernova, probably about 1-2 weeks past
maximum brightness.
IAUC 6195

J1802.1+1804
A report has appeared on IAUC 6195 from K.P.Singh et.al.,
Goddard Space Flight Center that a new cataclysmic variable has
been discovered which is located at:
RA 18h02m06.5s DEC +18 04'43"(2000)
The object, of magnitude 15, may be an AM Her-type variable.
Photographs/CCD imaging from TA observers are urged and should
be sent to the Editor for analysis.

SUPERNOVA 1995U IN ESO 235-IG13
B. P. Schmidt, Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories,
reports the discovery of a supernova of mag about 18 by R. H.
McNaught on a U.K. Schmidt R film taken by M. J. Drinkwater on
July 29.56 UT.  SN 1995U is located at:
R.A. = 20h54m40s.62, Decl. = -51d22'26".8 (equinox 2000.0)
in the galaxy ESO 235-IG13.
IAUC 6197

SUPERNOVA 1995V IN NGC 1087
R. O. Evans, Coonabarabran, N.S.W., reports his visual discovery of
a supernova in NGC 1087 (R.A. = 2h46m.4, Decl. = -0d30', equinox
2000.0) with the Australian National University 1-m telescope at
Siding Spring on Aug. 1.8 UT.  An unfiltered CCD image obtained by
M. Dopita and C. Trung Hua with the 2.3-m reflector confirms
SN 1995V at mag 15.0 and 21" east and 3" south of the centre of
the galaxy.  It is likely that the object was not present when
Evans examined the galaxy on July 25 with a 0.41-m reflector.
S. Benetti, European Southern Observatory, reports that inspection
of a preliminarily-reduced CCD spectrum (range 396-793 nm,
resolution 1 nm) obtained on Aug. 2.40 UT with the Danish 1.54-m
telescope + DFOSC at La Silla confirms the object as a type II
supernova around maximum.
IAUC 6197

Guy M Hurst