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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 992       1995 Aug 28 19.00UT
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 1995X IN UGC 12160
J. Mueller reports her discovery, on a red plate taken by D.
Griffith and herself on Aug. 3 UT with the 1.2-m Oschin Schmidt
Telescope in the course of the second Palomar Sky Survey, of a
supernova (mag about 18) located 10" west and 20" north of the
center of UGC 12160 (R.A. = 22h40m.8, Decl. = +75o09', equinox
2000.0).  J. Gizis, observing with the Palomar 1.5-telescope (+ CCD
direct camera), measured V-I = +1.7 on Aug. 4.
IAUC 6211

NOVA CASSIOPEIAE 1995
Osamu Ohshima, Bisei Astronomical Observatory, Okayama, Japan
reports that K.Kosaka, Japan has the following pre-discovery
CCD images of the nova:
1995 July 29.7, [12.5; 30.7, 12.2;: 31.7, 11.6; Aug 1.7, 11.0;
4.7, 10.4; 5.7, 9.9; 8.7, 9.6; 18.7, 9.8; 22.7, 9.5; 23.7, 9.2.
The observer used a 50mm f1.8 lens with ST6 CCD and no filter.

Nick James, TA Webmaster, advises that his image of the nova
can be found on the TA WWW pages at:
http://www.demon.co.uk/astronomer/images/ncas95_950826.jpg

V1060 CYGNI
Tonny Vanmunster, Belgium reports his detection of an outburst
of this UGSS-type dwarf nova on CVC 53. The event was confirmed
by Gary Poyner:
1995 Aug 21.927UT, 15.1 (Vanmunster); 21.946UT, 14.9 (Poyner)

QY PERSEI
Gary Poyner, Birmingham, e-mails that this dwarf nova has
recently undergone a faint outburst which was detected initially
by Tonny Vanmunster, Belgium:
1995 Aug 21.979UT, 14.1 (Vanmunster); 22.010, 14.8 (Poyner);
22.012, 14.8 (Vanmunster).
A more detailed announcement has appeared on CVC 54 (Belgium).

V635 CAS
Gary Poyner informs us that this optical component of an
X-ray source is again bright. His estimates follow (except as
indicated):
Aug 6.013UT, 15.1; Aug 9.019, 15.0; 15.983, 14.9; 18.072, 14.7;
21.941, 14.7 (Vanmunster); 22.035, 14.7; 23.963, 14.7.

V705 CAS (=NOVA CAS 1993)
Guy Hurst, Basingstoke, comments that contrary to some reports
circulating on the Internet, there is no clear evidence that
this nova is fading. An up to date light curve can be found
on the TA WWW pages at:
http://www.demon.co.uk/astronomer/images/V705cas_lightcurve.gif

Guy M Hurst