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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1436      1999 Aug 15 15.05UT
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
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ECLIPSE MATERIAL
Repeating the request made in 'The Astronomer' Vol 36 No 423 p 54
(1999 July), the production of the August issue has been held
back for the inclusion of Eclipse photos and reports. Although
Saturday August 14 was stated as the deadline, I can accept
eclipse (only) reports/photos until midnight today (Aug 16.0UT).
Any further material should still be sent but will be included
in the September issue.

NOVA IN M31
R. Johnson, M. Modjaz and W. D. Li, University of California at
Berkeley, on behalf of the Lick Observatory Supernova Search,
report the discovery with the 0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging
Telescope (KAIT) of an apparent nova in M31 (NGC 224).  The nova
was discovered and confirmed on unfiltered images taken on
Aug. 10.4 UT (mag about 15.6) and Aug. 11.4 UT (mag about 16.8).
The new object is located at:
R.A. = 00h42m22s.1, Decl. = +41o13'23'' (2000). A KAIT image of the
same field on Aug. 9.4 UT (limiting mag about 19.0) showed nothing
at the position of the nova.
IAUC 7236 (extract)

R CORONAE BOREALIS
Immediate detailed observations of a possible fade were withheld
to avoid bias. As the fading is now substantial, selected
estimates follow:
1999 July 5.96UT, 6.2 (Jonathan Shanklin, Cambridge); 17.96, 6.4
(Shanklin); Aug 3.91, 6.6 (Guy Hurst, Basingstoke); 10.98, 7.7
(Shanklin); 10.98, 7.3 (Gary Poyner, Birmingham); 14.95, 8.1 (Hurst).

EDITORIAL
On behalf of myself and our readers, I would like to thank David
Hurst for monitoring the editor's mailbox during my eclipse trip
and for dealing with the issue of these e-circulars.

Guy M Hurst