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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1008      1995 Oct 22 20.20UT
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 1995ag IN UGC 11861
J. Mueller reports her discovery on a supernova mag about 17
located 20" west and 25" south of the centre of UGC 11861 (R.A. =
21h56m.4, Decl. = +73o15', equinox 2000.0); it was found on a IV-N
plate taken by D. Griffith and Mueller on Sept. 28 UT with the 1.2-
m Oschin Schmidt Telescope in the course of the second Palomar Sky
Survey.  No object is present at the position of SN 1995ag on
original Sky Survey prints or on an F plate taken by C. Brewer and
J. D. Mendenhall on 1992 June 28.  A spectrum obtained on Oct. 16
at the 5-m Hale telescope (+ double spectrograph) by I. N. Reid and
J. Gizis confirms this to be a type-I supernova.
IAUC 6244

SUPERNOVA 1995ah IN HS 0016+1449
C. C. Popescu et.al, Max-Planck Institut fur Astronomie (MPIA),
Heidelberg communicate: "During follow-up spectroscopy at the Calar
Alto 2.2-m telescope of emission-line galaxy candidates identified
on the digitized plates of the Hamburg Quasar Survey (Popescu et
al. 1995, A.Ap. Suppl., in press), we obtained two CCD spectra
(resolution 1.2 nm, range 380-860 nm) and a red CCD image of an
emission-line galaxy (redshift z = 0.0147) that we designate HS
0016+1449 (R.A. = 0h19m10s.9, Decl. = +15o06'23", equinox 2000.0).
A spectrogram obtained on 1995 Feb. 2.792 UT is dominated by the
features of a type-II supernova close to maximum brightness. We
derive magnitudes for the supernova, estimated from its continuum
distribution:  B = 17.6, V = 17.2. SN 1995ah is located 1".6 east
and 2".1 north of the galaxy's centre.
IAUC 6245

COMET P/1995 S2 (WEST-HARTLEY)
J. V. Scotti, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, reports the recovery
of comet P/1989 E3 (= 1988 XVI = 1989k) by T. Gehrels and himself
with the 0.9-m Spacewatch telescope at Kitt Peak. The indicated
correction (ignoring perturbations) to the prediction by S. Nakano
on MPC 22031 (ephemeris on MPC 25657) is Delta T = +0.91 day.
     1995 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.        m1
     Sept.21.47215    6 27 02.97   +30 44 31.6
          21.48218    6 27 03.78   +30 44 34.7   18.8
          21.48956    6 27 04.37   +30 44 36.6   19.1
     Oct. 21.50215    7 03 09.03   +33 22 31.0
          21.51065    7 03 09.52   +33 22 33.8   18.2
The following improved orbital elements, by B. G. Marsden, satisfy
17 observations 1989-1995 with mean residual 0".69:
                    Epoch = 1996 Apr. 27.0 TT
     T = 1996 May  12.8971 TT         Peri. = 102.9726
     e = 0.447783                     Node  =  46.6659  2000.0
     q = 2.132962 AU                  Incl. =  15.3464
       a =  3.862545 AU    n = 0.1298356    P =   7.591 years
IAUC 6249

V630 CYGNI
Lasse Jensen recently reported on VSNET that there was distortion
in the wide field chart of V630 Cyg although the high power inset
field was showing a correct identification. This has been corrected
on the latest chart under revision 951022.

Guy M Hurst