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IAUC 3550: SN IN Anon GALAXY; 1980 WF

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                                                  Circular No. 3550
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 ANONYMOUS GALAXY
     J. Maza, Department of Astronomy, University of Chile, telexes
that M. Wischnjewsky has discovered a variable object, probably a
supernova, in a faint diffuse anonymous object, presumably a galaxy,
near the spiral galaxy ESO 366-G 05.  The probable supernova is 23"
west and 46" south of the center of the presumed galaxy, which is
located at R.A. = 6h37m.2, Decl. = -36o38' (equinox 1950.0).  The plates
taken by Maza show the variable object at mpg = 17 on Nov. 30 and
Dec. 1 and at mpg = 18 on Dec. 7 and 8.


1980 WF
     The following precise positions have been reported:

     1980 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.        mpg   Observer
     Dec.  3.26389     4 05 04.57   +12 43 22.5   15.5   Bus
          12.20833     4 45 13.38   + 3 50 30.6   16.8   Giclas

S. J. Bus and E. Howell (Palomar Mountain Observatory).  0.46-m
   Schmidt telescope.  Measurer: Bus.
H. L. Giclas (Lowell Observatory, Anderson Mesa Station).  0.33-m
   photographic telescope.  Measurer: E. Bowell.

     Orbital elements by the undersigned:

       T = 1980 Dec. 26.200 FT
   Peri. = 212.726                    e =   0.51641
   Node  = 241.222   1950.0           a =   2.24274 AU
   Incl. =   6.441                    n =   0.293450
      q  =   1.08457 AU               P =   3.36 years

     1980/81 ET  R. A. (1950) Decl.     Delta     r     Mag.
     Dec.  7     4 20.64    + 9 13.3    0.127   1.108   15.6
          12     4 44.15    + 4 04.5
          17     5 10.12    - 1 15.4    0.116   1.090   15.5
          22     5 37.43    - 6 18.7
          27     6 04.69    -10 39.8    0.120   1.085   15.8
     Jan.  1     6 30.54    -14 02.3
           6     6 54.06    -16 21.8    0.136   1.092   16.1
          11     7 14.82    -17 42.9
          16     7 32.79    -18 14.9    0.160   1.112   16.5


1980 December 15               (3550)              Brian G. Marsden

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