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IAUC 6508: 1996bv; GX 13+1; 91P
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Circular No. 6508
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 1996bv IN UGC 3432
Weidong Li, Yulei Qiu, Qiran Qiao, and Jingyao Hu, Beijing
Astronomical Observatory (BAO), on behalf of the BAO Supernova
Survey, report their discovery of a supernova on unfiltered CCD
images taken with the BAO 0.60-m reflector. SN 1996bv is located
3".6 northwest of the center of UGC 3432 (R.A. = 6h16m.3, Decl. =
+57o03', equinox 2000.0), and was estimated at the following
magnitudes: Nov. 3 UT, 16.6; 12, 15.7; 16, 15.6. A V CCD image of
the same field taken on Oct. 18 shows no star at this position. A
low-resolution spectrum (0.96 nm/pixel, range 300-900 nm) taken
with the BAO 2.16-m telescope by Li, Qiao, and J. Hao on Nov. 21.83
shows conspicuous Si II 635-nm absorption at 615 nm and typical
features of type-Ia supernovae at maximum light (Si II, S II, Ca
II, Mg II, etc.), with the overall spectrum resembling that of SN
1989B at maximum light.
GX 13+1
R. Corbet, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and Universities
Space Research Association, reports on behalf of the RXTE ASM team
at GSFC and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: "Analysis
of the RXTE ASM lightcurve of the low-mass x-ray binary GX 13+1 (=
4U 1811-17) obtained between 1996 Feb. 23 and Nov. 14 suggests the
presence of a modulation with a period of 24.7 +/- 1 days. The
folded lightcurve on this period shows a mean peak-to-peak
modulation of approximately 15 percent. This periodicity is
apparently confirmed by the Ariel 5 ASM lightcurve of GX 13+1, as a
Fourier Transform of this shows that the largest peak, for periods
< 125 days, occurs at 25.2 +/- 0.15 days, consistent with the RXTE
result. In the RXTE data, the modulation is most pronounced at low
energies (1.3-4.8 keV) and is reduced at higher energies (4.8-12.2
keV). In addition, there is an anticorrelation between hardness
ratio and intensity in the RXTE data, which may suggest a
similarity with Cyg X-2 (Wijnands et al. 1996, Ap.J. 473, L45). If
this periodicity is a persistent property of this source, it may
also be present in the variability of the infrared counterpart."
COMET 91P/RUSSELL 3
CCD magnitude estimates by J. V. Scotti, University of Arizona,
with the Spacewatch 0.9-m telescope: Nov. 18.53 UT, 21.0; 19.54,
21.4. The comet is of stellar appearance.
(C) Copyright 1996 CBAT
1996 November 20 (6508) Daniel W. E. Green
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