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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1285      1998 Mar 29 11.07UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVA 1998X IN NGC 6754
Simon Woodings, Ralph Martin, and Andrew Williams report their
discovery of an apparent supernova (R = 17) on a CCD frame taken
on Mar. 13.88 UT (confirmed on Mar. 15.86) as part of the Perth
Astronomy Research Group's automated supernova search with the
0.61-m Perth-Lowell telescope.  SN 1998X is located 23".8 +/- 1"
west and 3".1 +/- 1" south of the centre of NGC 6754 (R.A. =
19h11m.4, Decl. = -50o39', equinox 2000.0).
IAUC 6847 (extract)

NOVA SAGITTARII 1998
S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan, forwards the following position and
magnitude for this object from Y. Kushida, Yatsugatake South Base
Observatory (0.40-m f/6 reflector), from an image obtained on
Mar. 23.771 UT:  R.A. = 18h21m40s.47, Decl. = -27o31'38".0 (2000)
V = 8.1. (IAUC 6847 extract)
M. Della Valle, Astronomy Department, Padua University; and
A.Pizzella and M. Bernardi, European Southern Observatory, report:
"Preliminary analysis of a spectrum of N Sgr 1998, obtained at La
Silla with the 1.54-m Danish telescope (+ Danish Faint Object
Spectrograph and Camera; range 370-760 nm, resolution about 1 nm)
on Mar. 24.3 UT, confirms this object to be a galactic nova caught
during an early stage. (IAUC 6848 extract)

E-chart and sequence follows:
\\\\\\N Sgr 98  b      Discovered by Bill Liller
S,400,9,S
P,18h 21.6m  -27 32'  (2000)
-F,nsgr98.LOG
-C,18.3600,-27.5333,2000
O,200,200,7.8,?
-L,L,nova
-T,Nova Seq:AAVSO WW Sgr
-S,N/036.01
R,7.3,89,150,A,A
R,8.1,363,188,B,A
R,9.2,386,395,C,B
R,9.5,151,310,D
R,9.8,375,269,E
R,10.1,249,121,F
R,10.5,179,147,G
M,8,33,190
M,9,175,304,179,369
M,10,37,312,124,329,176,284,177,232,113,369
M,10,26,242,234,398,370,220,93,92,123,345,32,240
M,10,151,36,22,146,155,40,211,8,54,58,26,197,363,1
M,11,111,329,283,354,30,377,249,363,260,334,204,388,345,240
M,11,135,133,15,197,36,357,78,348,180,273,268,123,319,76
M,11,252,267,338,393,113,232,302,184,77,38,215,134,168,44
M,11,324,132,217,79,368,161,257,148,205,94,201,55,383,129
M,11,243,101,378,126,171,95,221,27,157,87,116,69,384,125
M,11,198,14
E,65
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Guy M Hurst