THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 136 1988 Mar 23 21.36UT. Telecom Gold 72:MAG60138 Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16, Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP, England. Telephone:(0256)471074.Int:+44256471074 Telex:265871(MONREF G) Quote"72:MAG60138 ATT G.HURST"in FIRST line. ------------------------------------------------------------------- COMET LEVY (1988e) David Levy, Tucson, AZ, reports his visual discovery of a comet with a 0.4-m f/5 reflector. The object is diffuse, coma diameter 1', with a 1.5' tail in pa 240 deg: 1988 UT RA (1950) DEC(1950) m1 Mar 19.5 21h30m +16.2deg 11 20.5 21 32.6m +16 48' 21.49 21 35.2 +17 30 11.6 A. Hale, Las Cruces, also provides a position: Mar 22.497 21h36m35s +17 58.4' 11.8 IAUC 4566/4568 SUPERNOVA 1988J IN ANON GALAXY G.N.Salukvadze, Abastumani Observatory reports that G.N.Kimeridze has discovered a SN of mpg 17 on Mar 14.89UT in a galaxy located: RA 11h41.4m DEC +60 29'(1950). Offsets: 1"W; 8"S. IAUC 4568 NOVA IN LMC Rob McNaught e-mails the following information for the object announced on E135: Magnitude estimates: Mar 22.47UT 11.6 (Garradd); 22.50, 11.6 (Tregaskis, Mt Eliza, Vic); 23.43, 11.2 (Tregaskis). McNaught also provides the following positional data: RA 05h36m01.92s DEC -70 23'15.2" (1950) (based on 7 Perth 70 stars, Uppsala Southern Schmidt). He mentions that the nova lies 0.8'E and 2.2'S of HV 12328 and 5.0'W and 0.4'N of HV 12330. Guy M Hurst