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IAUC 6138: 1995F; 1995G; 1995E; 1995C

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                                                  Circular No. 6138
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 1995F IN NGC 2726
     D. J. Lane and P. Gray, Burke-Gaffney Observatory, Saint Mary's
University, report their discovery via CCD on Feb. 10-11 of a
supernova located about 2" east and 1" south of the center of NGC 2726
(R.A. = 9h04m.9, Decl. = +59o56', equinox 2000.0).  An unfiltered
frame on Feb. 14.042 UT showed the object at mag 14.7.  A foreground
star of mag 14.9 is located 19".6 west and 14".9 south of SN 1995F.
A. V. Filippenko and A. J. Barth, University of California at
Berkeley, report that preliminary inspection of uncalibrated CCD
spectra (range 310-1050 nm, resolution 0.7-1.5 nm) obtained on Feb.
24 with the 3-m Shane reflector at Lick Observatory confirms that
this object is a supernova, most likely of type Ic (but possibly
Ib), roughly 2-3 weeks past maximum brightness.


SUPERNOVA 1995G IN NGC 1643
     Robert O. Evans, Coonabarabran, N.S.W., communicates his
visual discovery on Feb. 23.5 UT with J. Shobbrook and S. Beaman,
using the Australian National University's 1-m reflector at Siding
Spring, of an apparent supernova (mag 15.5) in NGC 1643 (R.A. =
4h43m.6, Decl. = -5o19', equinox 2000.0).  SN 1995G is located
about 3" east and 15" north of the galaxy's center.  A confirming
4415 film was exposed for 10 min by P. Cass with the U.K. Schmidt
Telescope on Feb. 24.45, aided by comparison with an older red
survey plate.


SUPERNOVA 1995E IN NGC 2441
     D. D. Balam relays the following precise position for SN 1995E
from and observation made on Feb. 23.267 UT with the 1.82-m
Plaskett telescope at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory,
Victoria: R.A. = 7h51m56s.75, Decl. = +73o00'34".6 (equinox 2000.0);
the corresponding offset from the galaxy's nucleus is 8".6 east and
20".6 south.  Preliminary photometry from a least-squares fit of 11
GSC stars:  V = 15.9 +/- 0.1.
     Corrigendum.  On IAUC 6137, line 2, for  Gabrielcic  read
Gabrijelcic


SUPERNOVA 1995C IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
     Filippenko and Barth report that inspection of a CCD spectrum
(obtained as above; range 420-700 nm, resolution 0.7 nm) with the
3-m Shane reflector at Lick Observatory reveals that SN 1995C (cf.
IAUC 6133) is of type Ia, about 3 weeks past maximum brightness.


1995 February 24               (6138)            Daniel W. E. Green

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