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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1020      1995 Dec 02 17.06UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074
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SUPERNOVA 1995am IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
M. Lovas, Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, reports his discovery, on
two 103a-D plates taken at Piszkesteto on Oct. 22.832 UT, of a
supernova (mag about 15.0) located 112" [sic] west and 10".0 south
of the centre of a galaxy located at R.A. = 0h47m50s.14, Decl. =
+29o57'34".8 (equinox 2000.0).
IAUC 6262

SUPERNOVA 1995an IN UGC 3188
J. Mueller reports her discovery of a supernova (blue mag about
17.5) on a plate taken with the 1.2-m Oschin Schmidt telescope on
Oct. 27 UT by D. Griffith and herself in the course of the second
Palomar Sky Survey.  SN 1995an is located 11" west and 3" north of
the center of UGC 3188 (R.A. = 4h51m.8, Decl. = +8o50',
equinox 2000.0), clearly on a spiral arm.
IAUC 6262

HT CAS
Further to the note on E1019, IAUC 6264 carries a note of a prior
observation of this outburst:
1995 Nov 16.09UT, 15.8 (D.York, Abiquiui, USA)
IAUC 6264

ALPHA MONOCEROTID METEORS 1995
Numerous reports have been received direct and via IAUCs, from
several locations in Europe, of an excellent display of this
occasional, short-lived meteor shower around Nov. 22.06 UT.
The following notes are an extract from IAUC 6265:
P. Spurny and J. Borovicka, Ondrejov Observatory, report
monitoring during Nov. 21.96-22.11, Monocerotids first being
detected at 22.050, with more than six during each 2-min interval
until 22.067 and some continuing activity to 22.098; during one
minute at 22.058 a maximum of seven meteors was observed.
A. Gomez, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, reports
observations from Almeria by L. Bellot, A. Roman and F. Reyes of
as many as 70 Monocerotids during 22.055-22.071; the limiting
visual magnitude was about 6.2, and most of the meteors were
in the magnitude range 0-2.  J. Rendtel, International Meteor
Organization, Potsdam, noted 34 shower meteors from a radiant of
R.A. = 113 deg, Decl. = -3 deg during 22.042-22.076 (limiting
magnitude 6.15), yielding an average ZHR (assuming a population
index of r = 2.5) of 90 (with an equivalent ZHR of up to 190
during 10 min centred on 22.062; on combining his results with
those of S. Molau in Chemnitz, he revised this to 220 +/- 50).
G. Forti, Arcetri Observatory, reports observations by R. Haver
and R. Gorelli from Frasso Sabino, indicating a radiant of
R.A. = 112.5 deg, Decl. = -3 deg and a peak within 5 min of
22.059, there being a sharp rise and fall and no meteors observed
15 min before or after the peak; the meteors were yellow and
blue, and few were brighter than mag 0.

Guy M Hurst