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IAUC 3725: 1982 RA; 1982 RB; NOVAE IN M31

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                                                  Circular No. 3725
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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1982 RA
     A fast-moving asteroidal object has been discovered by Carolyn
and Eugene Shoemaker on exposures with the 0.46-m Schmidt telescope
at Palomar.  Semiaccurate positions are:

    1982 UT           R.A. (1950.0)  Decl.   Mag.

    Sept. 13.21042  20 16.12    -22 17.4      16
          13.23056  20 16.06    -22 15.8

The corresponding daily motion is Delta-RA = -3.0m, Delta-Decl. = +79'.


1982 RB
     Hans-Emil Schuster reports the discovery of another fast-moving
object at the European Southern Observatory:

    1982 UT           R.A. (1950.0)  Decl.   Mag.

    Sept. 14.12286  23 07 21.6  -22 36 42     17
          14.16441  23 07 24.0  -22 39 16
          15.11285  23 08 36.0  -23 34 06     17


NOVAE IN M31
     H. Ford, Space Telescope Science Institute; G. Jacoby, Kitt
Peak National Observatory; and R. Ciardullo, University of California
at Los Angeles, report the discovery of four novae in the nuclear bulge
of M31.  The positions of the novae and of nearby reference stars
(shown with the symbol *) are as follows:

    1982 UT     R.A. (1975.0) Decl.      R.A.* (1975.0) Decl.*

  1 Sept. 12   0 41 20.54 +41 07 02.0   0 41 19.20 +41 07 10.9
  2       12   0 41 12.77 +41 05 08.6   0 41 12.16 +41 05 49.7
  3       14   0 41 36.35 +41 16 18.6   0 41 36.39 +41 16 41.8
  4       15   0 41 17.76 +41 11 00.0   0 41 15.22 +41 11 05.7

Novae 1,2 and 3 are in an emission-line stage with H-alpha fluxes
between 10**-17 and 10**-16 J m**-2 s**-1.  Nova 4 is brighter (B = 18.3) and
has strong H-alpha emission.  R. Ulrich and A. Shafter, observing Nova 1
on Sept. 14 with the Lick Observatory's 3-m reflector, found strong
H-alpha emission with a width of ~ 1000 km/s.


1982 September 17              (3725)              Brian G. Marsden

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