------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 899 1994 Nov 20 17.15UT 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 1994ad IN ESO 152-G26 Rob H. McNaught, Anglo-Australian Observatory, reports his discovery of an apparent supernova (mag about 18) in ESO 152-G26 on an I plate taken on Nov. 10 by M. Hartley with the U.K. Schmidt telescope. Confirmation was obtained on Nov. 11 via a CCD image taken by D. I. Steel and G. J. Garradd with the 1.0-m reflector at Siding Spring Observatory. Coordinates for the supernova were measured by McNaught from the CCD image: R.A. = 1h47m39s.57, Decl. = -56o17'30".0 (equinox 1950.0, uncertainty in each coordinate 0".4); SN 1994ad is situated in a spiral arm and offset 0".6 west and 33".9 north from the galaxy's center. No image appears in this position on the SERC J or the European Southern Observatory B and R surveys. A nearby star (about 0.5 mag fainter than the supernova) has position end figures 42s.55, 18'14".8. IAUC 6103 SUPERNOVA 1994ae IN NGC 3370 S. D. Van Dyk and R. R. Treffers, University of California at Berkeley (UCB); M. W. Richmond, Princeton University; and A. V.Filippenko and Y. B. Paik, UCB, report their discovery of an apparent supernova in NGC 3370 (R.A. = 10h44m23s, Decl. = +17o32'.3, 1950.0). Observations were conducted as part of the Leuschner Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS), which uses an automated 0.76-m telescope equipped with the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory CCD camera. The supernova is located about 30".3 west and 6".1 north of the galaxy's nucleus. The discovery image was taken on Nov. 14 UT, and the object is visible at R = 15.4 +/- 0.4. A second image taken nearly 2 hr later shows the object at the same position; it is not present to a limiting R magnitude of about 17 in previous LOSS images of the galaxy, the most recent one having been obtained on Nov. 3. IAUC 6105 VIDEO: ECLIPSE FROM PERU Martin Mobberley has prepared a new TA video (approximately 50 minutes duration) which shows the observation of the Total Solar Eclipse as seen from Peru and in support of his article in the 1994 November issue of 'The Astronomer'. This is now available for 10 pounds post paid to UK addresses. For Europe and beyond please add 30%. Remittances should be made payable to 'The Astronomer' and sent to the Editor at the address shown at the top of this circular. Guy M Hurst