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IAUC 3873: SNe; 1983o; 1982i

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                                                  Circular No. 3873
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
TWX 710-320-6842 ASTROGRAM CAM     Telephone 617-864-5758


SUPERNOVAE
     P. M. Williams, U.K. Infrared Telescope Unit, Hilo, telexes
that J. H. Hough and W. B. Sparks have discovered a supernova at R.A.
= 3h14m57s0, Decl. = +41deg40'33" (equinox 1950.0), within 2"-3" of the
nucleus of NGC 1265.  On Oct. 1.6 UT the object was of mv ~ 13.

     E. P. Aksenov, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, cables a
communication from Yu. V. Terebizh, Sternberg Crimean Station,
that Nataliya Metlova has discovered a possible supernova 7" east
and 5" south of the galaxy MCG 6-36-55 (R.A. = 16h35m1, Decl. =
+36deg31', equinox 1950.0).  On Sept. 10.76 UT the object was of mpg
~ 16.


COMET IRAS (1983o)
     The following precise positions have been measured by P. M.
Kilmartin from exposures at Mt. John Observatory by A. C. Gilmore:

      1983 UT             R.A.   (1950.0)   Decl.       m1

      Sept.16.34709     12 59 29.70     -45 40 25.5     16
           16.36943     12 59 31.72     -45 40 02.0

     The following improved parabolic elements have been
determined by the undersigned from observations July 27-Sept. 16:

         T = 1983 Nov. 28.1543 ET  Peri. = 334.0661
                                   Node  = 200.5942   1950.0
         q =   2.253980 AU         Incl. = 120.7256


PERIODIC COMET HALLEY (1982i)
     M. J. S. Belton, P. A. Wehinger and S. Wyckoff report the
following accurate positions, obtained with an RCA CCD at the
prime focus of the Mayall telescope, Kitt Peak National Observatory,
with a scale of 0"58/pixel.  Internal accuracy was substantially
better than +/- 1" , and the seeing (FWHM) was 1"7.  Preliminary
photometric results, calibrated by standards in NGC 2419,
gave V = 24.5 +/- 0.3, B = 24.9 +/- 0.4.  Photometry for the 1982 Oct.
20.38542 observation (cf. IAUC 3742) gave R = 23.7 +/- 0.3.

         1983 UT               R.A.   (1950.0)    Decl.

         Feb. 13.21068       6 29 44.53      + 9 55 52.1
              13.27356       6 29 43.20      + 9 55 57.5


1983 October 4                 (3873)              Brian G. Marsden

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