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IAUC 2214: N Ser 1970; SN IN IC 3476; 1969g; 1969i

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                                                  Circular No. 2214
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
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NOVA SERPENTIS 1970
     Mr. S. Kanda, Yugawara, reports that according to the discoverer,
M. Honda, Kurashiki, the nova was invisible on Feb. 12.8.
Mrs. Margaret Mayall, AAVSO, reports that the nova was observed
(through clouds) by C. B. Ford, Wilton, Connecticut, on Feb. 18.4,
the magnitude being approximately 4.0 to 4.5.


SUPERNOVA IN IC 3476
     Dr. B. V. Kukarkin and Dr. D. Ja. Martynov, Sternberg
Astronomical Institute, Moscow, cable that Grizunova has discovered
a supernova southwest of the nucleus of IC 3476.  On Feb. 15.125 UT
the photographic magnitude was 14.


COMET TAGO-SATO-KOSAKA (1969g)
    Several observers have reported a surge in brightness, by a
magnitude or more, in early February.  On Feb. 7.1 Dr. Elizabeth
Roemer, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, observed both photographically
and visually (with the 154-cm Catalina reflector) a narrow
jet nearly 1' long.  The magnitude was estimated (in binoculars) as
5.3; the comet was more normal and had faded to magnitude 6.6 on
Feb. 13.1.  The jet, directed southward (i.e. at 135o to the type I
tail), is also evident in drawings made by G. E. D. Alcock,
Peterborough, England, on Feb. 6.75 and 8.75 (25 x 105 binoculars).


COMET BENNETT (1969i)
     Mr. J. A. Bruwer, Republic Observatory, Johannesburg, communicates
the following precise positions, obtained from plates taken
with the Franklin-Adams telescope at Hartbeespoort.

     1970 UT             R.A. (1950) Decl.
     Feb.  8.75347   23 11 55.39   -55 51 59.4
           8.76146   23 11 54.38   -55 51 51.0
           8.77604   23 11 52.91   -55 51 32.0
           8.80104   23 11 50.45   -55 51 02.9


1970 February 19               (2214)              Brian G. Marsden

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