THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 136 1988 Mar 23  21.36UT.
Telecom Gold 72:MAG60138
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16, Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP, England. Telephone:(0256)471074.Int:+44256471074
Telex:265871(MONREF G) Quote"72:MAG60138 ATT G.HURST"in FIRST line.
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COMET LEVY (1988e)
David Levy, Tucson, AZ, reports his visual discovery of a comet
with a 0.4-m f/5 reflector. The object is diffuse, coma diameter
1', with a 1.5' tail in pa 240 deg:
1988 UT     RA (1950)   DEC(1950)   m1
Mar 19.5    21h30m      +16.2deg    11
    20.5    21 32.6m    +16 48'
    21.49   21 35.2     +17 30      11.6
A. Hale, Las Cruces, also provides a position:
Mar 22.497  21h36m35s   +17 58.4'   11.8         IAUC 4566/4568

SUPERNOVA 1988J IN ANON GALAXY
G.N.Salukvadze, Abastumani Observatory reports that G.N.Kimeridze
has discovered a SN of mpg 17 on Mar 14.89UT in a galaxy located:
RA 11h41.4m DEC +60 29'(1950).
Offsets: 1"W; 8"S.                               IAUC 4568

NOVA IN LMC
Rob McNaught e-mails the following information for the object
announced on E135:
Magnitude estimates: Mar 22.47UT 11.6 (Garradd); 22.50, 11.6
(Tregaskis, Mt Eliza, Vic); 23.43, 11.2 (Tregaskis).
McNaught also provides the following positional data:
RA 05h36m01.92s DEC -70 23'15.2" (1950) (based on 7 Perth 70 stars,
Uppsala Southern Schmidt).
He mentions that the nova lies 0.8'E and 2.2'S of HV 12328 and
5.0'W and 0.4'N of HV 12330.

Guy M Hurst