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IAUC 2895: SN IN NGC 3756; 1975p; FMO KOWAL; V373 Sct

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                                                  Circular No. 2895
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
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SUPERNOVA IN NGC 3756
     P. Wiid, Astronomical Institute, Berne University, reports the
discovery of a supernova in NGC 3756, 54" west and 34" south of the
nucleus.  On 1975 Dec. 28 the photovisual magnitude was 17.5.


COMET BRADFIELD (1975p)
     Precise positions by A. C. Gilmore with the 41-cm reflector at
the Carter Observatory, measured by P. M. Kilmartin:

     1975 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.
     Dec.  5.60745    15 15 18.66   -47 23 37.0
           5.61029    15 15 21.03   -47 23 30.1

     Further total visual magnitude estimates, coma diameters and
tail information: 1975 Dec. 5.61 UT, 7.2, 15', 45' in p.a. 240o (D.
Goodman, Blenheim, New Zealand, 10 x 50 binoculars and 32-cm
reflector); 6.63, 7.0, 1', 3' in p.a. 270o (M. Stewart, Raumati Beach,
New Zealand, 10-cm refractor, 36 x); 1976 Jan. 1.94, 6.5, 0'.7, - (D.
di Cicco, Waltham, Massachusetts, 35-cm reflector, 65 x); 1.95, 6.6,
1', - (J. Bortle, Brooks Observatory, 15 x 80 binoculars).


FAST-MOVING OBJECT KOWAL
     Further positions have been reported as follows:

     1975/76 UT       R. A. (1950) Decl.     mpv    Observer
     Dec. 29.97986   22 50.8     +74 55             McCrosky
          31.11875   22 02.5     +69 12             Kowal
     Jan.  2.10764   21 36.2     +62 40     13-14     "

R. E. McCrosky and C. Y. Shao.(Harvard College Observatory).
C. Kowal (Hale Observatories).


V373 SCUTI
     Selected visual magnitude estimates: 1975 Oct. 30.81 UT, 11.5
(G. M. Hurst, Northampton, England); Nov. 6.84, 11.6 (Hurst); 22.95,
12.3  (J. Bortle, Brooks Observatory); Dec. 4.96, 12.3 (Bortle).


1976 January 2                 (2895)              Brian G. Marsden

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