------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 850 1994 June 9 19.36UT 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 1994R IN IC 2627 Ralph Martin and Andrew Williams, running the Perth Astronomy Research Group automated supernova search on the 0.61-m Perth-Lowell reflector, report their discovery on June 3.59 UT of a supernova (mag about 16) located 21".5 west and 1".2 north of the centre of IC 2627 (R.A. = 11h07m26s, Decl. = -23o27'.3, equinox 1950.0). The new object was not visible on May 2. C. Pollas, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, reports that a poor image obtained on June 3.87 shows SN 1994R to be new compared with the POSS prints and at the brightness and location described above. S. Benetti, ESO, reports that inspection of a preliminarily reduced CCD spectrum (range 370-700 nm, resolution 2 nm) obtained on June 4.15 with ESO 3.6-m telescope (+ EFOSC1), confirms that the object is a supernova of type II. IAUC 6003 PROBABLE SUPERNOVA IN NGC 4495 (=Q1994/051) Further to our appeal for confirmation of a possible supernova in NGC 4495, it appears this object, reported by Larry Mitchell, Houston, Texas is indeed a supernova. His discovery on June 4 yielded a visual estimate of about 14.5 (0.60-m reflector x333). Brian Skiff has confirmed the new object using the Lowell 1.1-m Hall telescope at CCD. He finds that V=14 and the offset about 20 arcseconds in pa250. The galaxy is located at: RA 12h31m23.1s DEC +29 08'13"[2000] according to Dressel and Condon. Alejandro Clocchiatti reports via the novanet that Derek Wills of McDonald Observatory has a spectrum which confirms the object as a supernova. No designation or announcement has as yet been made by the Central Bureau. Guy M Hurst --- 00116 --- Date: Fri, 10 Jun 94 08:26:14 -0400