------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1350 1998 Oct 22 21.54UT 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOVA SCORPII 1998 W. Liller, Vina del Mar, Chile, reports his discovery of an apparent nova (mag 6.9) on Technical Pan photographs taken with PROBLICOM on Oct. 21.0266, 21.0293, and 21.0389 UT with an 85-mm camera lens (+ orange filter); he gave the location of the new star as R.A. = 17h55m.4, Decl. = -31o00' (equinox 2000.0). Nothing brighter than mag 11.5 apppears at this location on photographs taken on Oct. 17. G. Garradd, Loomberah, N.S.W., reports the following precise position and magnitude from an unfiltered CCD image obtained on Oct. 22.409 with a 0.45-m f/5.4 reflector: R.A. = 17h55m24s.99, Decl. = -31o01'41".5, 7.4. IAUC 7034 EDITORIAL ABSENCE The editor will be absence and unavailable from Friday Oct 23 until the evening of Monday Oct 26. During that time please refer any URGENT messages to Denis Buczynski on (01524) 68530. Please continue to send of all routine e-mails to the editor's mailbox on Demon. SUPERNOVA 1998eh IN ESO 74-G9 J. Maza, Department of Astronomy, University of Chile, reports the discovery by M. Wischnjewsky, on a T-Max 400 film taken by L. E. Gonzalez with the Maksutov telescope at Cerro El Roble on Oct. 15.078 UT, of a supernova (B about 18) located at R.A. = 20h48m57s.82, Decl. = -69o05'05".7 (2000), which is 5".2 east and 25".5 north of the nucleus of the spiral galaxy ESO 74-G9. IAUC 7034 SUPERNOVA 1998ei IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY Maza also reports the discovery by Roberto Antezana, taken as above by L. E. Gonzalez on Oct. 15.201 UT, of a supernova (B about 18.5) located at R.A. = 23h32m03s.75, Decl. = -39o33'18".4 (2000.0), which is 11".8 west and 10".9 south of the nucleus of the host spiral galaxy. IAUC 7034 COMET 1998 U2 J. Mueller reports her discovery of another comet on plates taken by herself (with K. Rykoski on Oct. 22) with the 1.2-m Oschin Schmidt Telescope in the course of the Palomar Outer Solar System Ecliptic Survey. The comet has strong condensation and a short, faint tail to the southeast. The following positions were reduced by G. V. Williams, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, from x,y measures provided by Mueller: 1998 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. m1 Oct. 21.34028 1 24 56.57 +12 27 57.2 18 22.22500 1 24 29.65 +12 26 15.2 IAUC 7035 SUPERNOVAE 1998ej AND 1998ek IN ANONYMOUS GALAXIES J. Maza, Department of Astronomy, University of Chile, reports the discovery of two SNe by Roberto Antezana on T-Max 400 films by L. E. Gonzalez with the Maksutov telescope at Cerro El Roble: SN 1998 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. Mag. Offset 1998ej Oct. 15.201 23 41 00.95 -38 56 37.2 19 4".1 W, 6".5 N 1998ek Oct. 15.341 6 36 30.59 -37 58 40.2 18 14".0 E, 4".3 N IAUC 7035 Guy M Hurst