------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 831 1994 Apr 19 19.30UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074 INTERNET: GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK or GMH at GXVG.AST.CAM.AC.UK ------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPERNOVA 1994J IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY C. Pollas, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, reports his discovery of a supernova of mag 19 on Technical Pan films taken with the OCA 0.9-m Schmidt telescope on Mar. 5.97 and 8.91 UT by D. Albanese and himself. The supernova is located at R.A. = 9h58m15s.82, Decl. = +54o49'24".0 (equinox 1950.0), which is 2".7 east and 3".4 south of the center of a spiral galaxy of mag 17. Nothing appears on a similar film obtained on 1994 Jan. 18.1 to limiting mag 22. A nearby star of mag about 18 is at (end figures) 10s.52, 48'45".7. A. V. Filippenko, A. J. Barth, and T. Matheson, University of California at Berkeley, report that fully calibrated CCD spectra (range 425-702 nm) obtained on Apr. 4 UT with the Shane 3-m reflector at Lick Observatory confirm that this object is a supernova, but the spectral type is uncertain due to the low S/N ratio. The redshift of the parent galaxy is 0.056, based on measurements of several emission lines. IAUC 5971 V344 LYRAE Tonny Vanmunster, Belgium has detected an outburst of V344 Lyr and confirmatory results have followed from Gary Poyner, Birmingham, UK and Bill Worraker, Didcot, UK: 1994 Apr 07.000UT, 14.7v (Vanmunster, 0.35-m reflector) 9.008 14.6 (Poyner, 0.40-m reflector) 9.035 14.9 (Worraker, 0.26-m reflector) Guy M Hurst --- 00051 ---