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IAUC 3689: Prob. SN IN NGC 4490; AM Her; N Aql 1982; KR Aur; P/SCHWASSMANN-WACHMANN 1

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                                                  Circular No. 3689
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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PROBABLE SUPERNOVA IN NGC 4490
     Paul Wild, Astronomical Institute, Berne University, reports
his discovery of a probable supernova 35" east and 20" south of the
nucleus of NGC 4490 (= Arp 269; R.A. = 12h28m.2, Decl. = +41o54', equinox
1950.0).  The photovisual magnitude on Apr. 15 UT was ~ 16.


AM HERCULIS
     J. A. Mattei, American Association of Variable Star Observers,
Communicates that this irregular variable has begun another decline,
according to the following visual magnitude estimates by E. Mayer,
Barberton, OH:  Mar. 29.25 UT, 13.5; Apr. 19.26, [15.0.


NOVA AQUILAE 1982
     D. C. B. Whittet, M. F. Bode and D. Kilkenny, South African
Astronomical Observatory, telex the following simultaneous optical
and infrared magnitudes of this object, obtained on April 14.14 UT:
U= 13.25, B = 13.85, V = 13.53, R = 12.7, I = 12.2, J = 9.34, H =
7.10,  K = 5.33, L = 3.44.


KR AURIGAE
     A. Shafter, University of California at Los Angeles, writes:
"Spectroscopic observations of the unusual variable star KR Aur
(recently reported to be fading in brightness by Wisniewski and
Ferguson, IAUC 3674; and Popov, IBVS 2095) have revealed the object
to be a close binary system with a 3.907-hr orbital period.  The
orbital period has been derived from sinusoidal velocity variations
(semiamplitude ~ 50 km/s) of the H-alpha emission line.  Based on the
character of the spectrum, which shows broad (~ 750 km/s fwhm) H
and He emission, and the short orbital period, it appears that KR
Aur is a cataclysmic variable."


PERIODIC COMET SCHWASSMANN-WACHMANN 1
     The following further total visual magnitude estimates and
coma diameters have been reported: Apr. 16.13 UT, 13.0, 1'.0 (C. S.
Morris, Harvard, MA, 0.25-m reflector); 18.26, 12.5, 0'.7 (A. Hale,
Costa Mesa, CA, 0.20-m reflector); 19.14, 12.6, 0'.8 (Morris); 20.08,
12.4, 1'.2 (Morris).


1982 April 20                  (3689)              Daniel W. E. Green

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