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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1024      1995 Dec 20 20.30UT
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
WORLD WIDE WEB                    http://www.demon.co.uk/astronomer
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SUPERNOVAE
The Supernova Cosmology Project (S. Perlmutter et al) report eleven
supernovae found with the Cerro Tololo (CTIO) 4-m telescope in
their 1995 High Redshift Supernova Search:
SN       1995 UT     R.A.  (2000)  Decl.      R         Offset
1995aq   Nov. 19   0 29 04.26  + 7 51 20.0   22.4   0".6 W, 1".4 S
1995ar   Nov. 19   1 01 20.41  + 4 18 33.8   23.1   2".9 W, 0".5 S
1995as   Nov. 19   1 01 35.30  + 4 26 14.8   23.3   0".7 W, 0".7 N
1995at   Nov. 20   1 04 50.94  + 4 33 53.0   22.7   0".3 W, 0".4 S
1995au   Oct. 29   1 18 32.60  + 7 54 03.5   20.7   1".4 E, 3".3 N
1995av   Nov. 20   2 01 36.75  + 3 38 55.2   20.1   0".2 W, 0".0 N
1995aw   Nov. 19   2 24 55.54  + 0 53 07.5   22.5   0".2 W, 0".2 S
1995ax   Nov. 19   2 26 25.80  + 0 48 44.2   22.6   0".3 W, 0".2 S
1995ay   Nov. 20   3 01 07.52  + 0 21 19.4   22.7   0".9 W, 1".4 S
1995az   Nov. 20   4 40 33.59  - 5 30 03.6   24.0   1".6 W, 1".7 N
1995ba   Nov. 20   8 19 06.46  + 7 43 21.2   22.6   0".1 E, 0".2 N
IAUC 6270

SUPERNOVA 1995bb IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
S. Tokarz and P. Garnavich, Center for Astrophysics, report
their discovery of a supernova from the spectrum of an anonymous
galaxy observed for the 15R Redshift Survey directed by M. Geller:
"The galaxy (magnitude R about 15.0 via M. Kurtz) is an edge-on
spiral or irregular located at R.A. = 0h16m17s.64, Decl. =
+12o24'53".4 (equinox 2000.0). The overall spectrum is similar to
that of the type-Ib supernova 1985F, about 300 days after maximum
(Schlegel and Kirshner 1989, A.J. 98, 577).The supernova may have
reached mpg about 13 early in 1995, and prediscovery observations
are needed to determine the time of maximum."
IAUC 6271

NOVA CASSIOPEIAE 1995
Despite the sustained cloudy weather preventing many observations
of this nova from Europe, reports from Japan and other countries
indicate the nova is increasing in brightness rapidly although
there may now be a further pre-maximum halt at around mag 7.1.
An updated light curve showing this recent activity has already
been placed on the World Wide Web pages of 'The Astronomer'
and the URL of our home page appears in the heading of this
circular. Observers are urged to monitor this object at every
opportunity as the light curve is certainly unusual and may
resemble HR Del. Please ensure the revised sequence (which will
be extended if necessary) shown on E1021 is used.

Guy M Hurst