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IAUC 4262: FMOS 1986 TN, 1986 TO, 1986 TP; 1986L; 1986J

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                                                  Circular No. 4262
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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FAST-MOVING OBJECTS 1986 TN, 1986 TO, 1986 TP
     D. Waldron, U.K. Schmidt Telescope Unit, Siding Spring; and M.
Antal, Piestany, Czechoslovakia, report their discoveries of three
fast-moving minor planets, with the following positions available:

Object    1986 UT          R.A.   (1950)   Decl.    Mag.   Observer

1986 TN   Oct. 6.64823    4 12 42.44   -35 08 57.8  16     Hawkins
               6.67948    4 12 41.75   -35 11 03.7            "

1986 TO       10.60823    3 32 40.08   -43 50 22.7  16     Hawkins
              10.65337    3 32 37.00   -43 52 37.1            "
              11.62488    3 31 36.52   -44 41 40.5  16        "
              11.67350    3 31 32.90   -44 44 02.1            "

1986 TP        5.86319   20 39.6       +44 22       16.5   Muciek
              10.94653   20 22.8       +38 42       17.3     "

Hawkins, M. (Siding Spring Observatory).  1.2-m Schmidt.  Measured
   by Waldron and R. H. McNaught.
Muciek, M. (Piwnice Observatory, Torun University).  0.60-m
   Schmidt.  Oct. 5 image possibly diffuse.


SUPERNOVA 1986L IN NGC 1559
     T. Lloyd Evans, South African Astronomical Observatory, telexes
that spectroscopic observations covering 350-720 nm on Oct. 9.1,
10.0, and 11.0 UT show a blue continuum with broad (at least 6000
km/s) emission at H-alpha, H-beta, H-gamma, and H-delta, indicative of
a type-II supernova near maximum.  Narrow emission at H-alpha and H-delta,
and at 372.7, 495.9, and 500.7 nm, probably originates in the nearby
H II region.

     The telegram discovery announcement concerning this object
included the wrong right ascension; the correct coordinates were given
on IAUC 4260, 4261.  Visual magnitude estimates by R. Evans (E),
Hazelbrook, N.S.W., and McNaught (M):  Oct. 9.8 UT, 13.7 (E); 10.5,
13.4 (E); 11.56, 13.3 (M); 12.5, 13.3 (E); 12.53, 13.3 (M).


SUPERNOVA 1986J IN NGC 891
     E. Cappellaro and M. Turatto, Asiago Astrophysical Observatory,
report that inspection of 34 Schmidt plates, uniformly
distributed from 1977 Jan. 13 to 1986 Jan. 13, yields no object
brighter than B = 18.0 in the position of this reported radio SN.


1986 October 14                (4262)            Daniel W. E. Green

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