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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1025      1995 Dec 23 20.38UT
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 1995bc IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
J. Mueller reports her discovery of a supernova (mag about 18.5) at
R.A. = 9h51m43s.50, Decl. = +40o18'50".6 (equinox 2000.0), which is
5".0 east and 14".2 north of the galaxy's centre (positions
measured by Mueller and reductions performed by B. Skiff and
L. Wasserman, Lowell Observatory).  The IIIa-J discovery plate was
taken on Dec. 1 UT at the 1.2-m Oschin Schmidt Telescope by
J. D. Mendenhall and Mueller in the course of the second Palomar
Sky Survey. No object appears at the supernova position on original
Sky Survey prints or on IIIa-F second Survey transparencies.
IAUC 6275

COMET 73P/SCHWASSMANN-WACHMANN 3
Total visual magnitude estimates (cf. IAUC 6259):  Nov. 24.10
UT, 7.4 (A. Hale, Cloudcroft, NM, 10x50 binoculars); Dec. 16.12,
8.2 (C. S. Morris, Whitaker Peak, CA, 20x80 binoculars); 21.07, 7.8
(R. Keen, Mt. Thorodin, CO, 7x50 binoculars).
IAUC 6276

BLINK COMPARATOR
Bob Marriott, Northampton, UK has asked us to include the following
announcement on e-circulars in view of the current postal delays
due to Christmas:
'A Zeiss Ikon blink comparator, about twenty years old, is
available for 500 pounds sterling. For further information
concerning the instrument and the vendor, contact Bob Marriott
on (01604) 765190'

Guy M Hurst