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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 963       1995 June 4 14.55UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074
INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK             GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK
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SUPERNOVA 1995P IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
R. H. McNaught, Anglo-Australian Observatory, reports his
discovery of a supernova (mag about 18) found on a J plate taken
by M. J. Drinkwater with the U.K. Schmidt Telescope (UKST) on May
6.5 UT and located at R.A. = 14h07m14s.33, Decl. = -2o43'32".7
(equinox 2000.0; uncertainty 0".3 in each coordinate), which is
1".3 east and 4".6 north of the galaxy's center.  No star appears
to mag about 19 on a 3-min R film taken by Q. A. Parker with the
UKST on Feb. 27.7.  A nearby star of mag 17 has position end
figures 14s.17, 07".5.
IAUC 6175

V854 CENTAURI
Peter Nelson, Australia, e-mails that the R CrB-type variable,
V854 Cen has again faded based on visual observations by
Peter F Williams, Heathcote, NSW, Australia:
1995 May  15.39 UT  8.0
          20.45     8.1
          21.44     8.0
          27.38     9.6
          28.39     9.8
          29.36    10.4

NOVA AQUILAE 1995
R. W. Argyle and L. V. Morrison, Royal Greenwich Observatory,
report an accurate optical position for N Aql 1995, obtained
with the Carlsberg Automatic Meridian Circle on La Palma and
operated by O. Einicke, C. Fabricius, and R. Villamil. The
position for equinox J2000.0, FK5 reference frame (epoch 1995.37)
is R.A. = 19h05m26s.636 +/- 0s.004, Decl. = -1o42'03".27
+/- 0".07, from 10 observations.
IAUC 6147

Brian Skiff, Lowell, e-mails:
I have examined the POSS-I prints at the Carlsberg Meridian
Circle position for Nova Aquilae 1995 published on IAUC 6174.
There does not appear to be a candidate precursor visible at this
location.  The nearest star (B ~20, neutral color) lies about
1".7 southeast at:RA  19 05 26.73 +/-0".2, Dec.  -1 42 04.2
+/-0".3 (equinox J2000, epoch of plate date).  The individual
positions from the two prints are given below. They result from
measurement against 32 PPM stars (including those from the
90,000-star PPM Supplement) immediately around the nova position,
whose mean rms residuals were about 0".4 per star.
None of the POSS-II films of this area have been issued, nor do we
have any UK Schmidt plates here at Lowell. It is entirely
reasonable in the 45 years back to the POSS-I epoch that proper
motion shifted the nova a couple of arcseconds, so searches on
more recent plates are warranted.
UT midtime             RA   (2000)   Dec
1950  7  19.29236  19  5 26.742   -1 42  4.44
1950  7  19.31979  19  5 26.721   -1 42  3.96

V725 AQUILAE
Further to the notes on E940 amd E962 Gary Poyner, BAAVSS
Director advises that this object has been added to the
Recurrent Objects Section of the UK Nova/Supernova Patrol.

Guy M Hurst