Circular No. 4077 Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. TWX 710-320-6842 ASTROGRAM CAM Telephone 617-495-7244/7440/7444 COMET HARTLEY (1985f) Malcolm Hartley, U.K. Schmidt Telescope Unit, reports his discovery of a comet on a pair of plates with the 1.2-m Schmidt as follows. There is a prominent tail extending > 1' southeastward. 1985 UT R.A. (1950.0) Decl. m1 June 13.38141 11 45 26 + 4 37.5 16 13.47911 11 45 33 + 4 34.3 SUPERNOVAE E. P. Aksenov, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, communicates a report from Yu. V. Terebizh, Crimean Southern Station, that N. Metlova has discovered supernova 1985L 68" west and 51" north of the nucleus of NGC 5033 (R.A. = 13h11m2, Decl. = +36deg52', equinox 1950.0). On June 13.90 UT the object was at mpg = 12.5. B. Leibundgut and T. Albert report the discovery of a faint supernova 1985M with the Las Campanas 1-m telescope on June 16.4 UT (and confirmed on June 17.3). The object lies 1" west and 8" south of the nucleus of an anonymous galaxy at R.A. = 22h05m18s, Decl. = -48deg45'0 (equinox 1950.0). H0139-68 M. Cropper, University of Cape Town, reports that polarimetric observations on June 17 and 18 with the 1.9-m telescope at the South African Astronomical Observatory show that H0139-68 has returned to a high state (V ~ 15.3-16.5), after two years in a low state. The object is again strongly linearly and circularly polarized (0 to 13 and -6 to 18 percent, respectively). TT ARIETIS Visual magnitude estimates: Jan. 9.00 UT, [14 (J. Bortle, Stormville, NY); 16.98, 13.5 (Bortle); 20.82 UT, 13.3 (M. Verdenet, Bourbon-Lancy, France); 24.88, 13.0 (Verdenet); 27.02, 13.2 ( Bortle); 30.05, 12.9 (Bortle); Feb. 3.7, 13.4 (Verdenet); 7.7, 13.2 (Verdenet); 10.7, 12.3 (Verdenet); 16.02, 12.8 (Bortle); 20.03, 12.6 (Bortle); 24.00, 12.4 (Bortle); 28.03, 12.1 (Bortle); Mar. 7.02, 12.0 (Bortle); 11.06, 11.7 (Bortle); 22.02, 11.6 (Bortle). 1985 June 20 (4077) Brian G. Marsden
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