------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 907 1994 Dec 20 21.15UT 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 1994ag IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY R. H. McNaught reports his discovery of an apparent supernova (mag about 17.5) in an anonymous galaxy on an I plate taken by M.Hartley with the U.K. Schmidt Telescope on Nov. 11. SN 1994ag is at R.A. = 3h51m42s.88, Decl. = -39o09'16".6 (equinox 1950.0; uncertainty 0".3 in each coordinate), which is 8".6 east and 3".1 south of the galaxy's center. No image appears in this position on the ESO B survey. The galaxy has a pronounced nucleus with a bar, the supernova appearing at one end of the bar. Confirmation was obtained on Dec. 5 by G. J. Garradd (Loomberah, N.S.W.) via a blue CCD image exposed with a 0.25-m reflector. A nearby star some two mag fainter in B than SN 1994ag has position end figures 44s.08, 20".8. IAUC 6113 SUPERNOVA 1994ah IN ESO 356-G19 R. H. McNaught reports his discovery of an apparent supernova (mag about 18) on a U.K. Schmidt Telescope I plate taken on Oct. 13. SN 1994ag is at R.A. = 2h54m35s.26, Decl. = -34o06'45".8 (equinox 1950.0; uncertainty 0".3 in each coordinate), which is 12".4 east and 2".5 north of the galaxy's center. No image appears in this position on the ESO B or R survey plates, the Whiteoak extension of the Palomar Sky Survey, the SERC J survey, or a U.K. Schmidt plate taken on 1993 Oct. 21. Confirmation was obtained by N. B. Suntzeff on Dec. 12.2 UT with the Cerro Tololo 4-m telescope; his spectrophotometry (range 320-750 nm, resolution 700) shows this object to be a type-Ia supernova about 4 months past maximum. Its spectrum appears identical to the nebular spectrum of SN 1981B at the same phase of evolution (Branch et al. 1983, Ap.J. 270, 123). IAUC 6114 SUPERNOVA 1994ae IN NGC 3370 Nick Hewitt, Northampton, UK faxes that he has recorded this object on 1994 Dec 19.004UT with the Celestron 8 and Starlight Xpress CCD unfiltered on a 40 second exposure. Using the sequence on E904, he reduced the magnitude to 12.9 indicating the object remains bright. As the decline appears to be slow and the object now well placed, we strongly urge other observers to record it and report their findings. Guy M Hurst