------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1300 1998 May 17 15.07UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.demon.co.uk/astronomer ------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPERNOVA 1998bu IN NGC 3368 Further to the announcement on E1299, the existing TA e-chart for NGC 3368 Supernova Search purposes has been adapted to show the location of the supernova and permit magnitude estimates: \\\\\\SN 1998bu b in NGC 3368 P,10h 46.7m +11 49' (2000) S,120,10,S O,60,53,13,? -L,R,SN -S,SN/038.01 -G,60,60,180,110,140 R,11.18,25,13,A R,12.49,22,87,B R,12.80,38,49,C R,13.14,5,96,D R,13.75,92,27,E R,14.07,67,93,F R,14.83,38,42,G R,15.16,69,76,H R,15.7,70,62,J,R M,13,79,117,13,42,87,67,8,4, M,14,75,24, M,15,67,38,23,65,19,53,9,59,9,10,86,55 M,15,29,8,79,106 M,15,56,73,49,67 -G,47,78,20,20,0 E,25 ////// Basic chart automatically generated by GSC2FIND ver 1.1 Reports would be welcomed on a daily basis whenever estimates are obtained Guy M Hurst