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IAUC 4322: 1987B; 1987A; NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
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Circular No. 4322
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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SUPERNOVA 1987B IN NGC 5850
R. H. McNaught, Siding Spring Observatory, provides the
following precise position, measured by him from an exposure on Feb.
27 by A. Savage with the U.K. Schmidt telescope: R.A. = 15h04m30s.56, Decl.
= +1 41'43".8 (equinox 1950.0). The offset from the nucleus is
71" west, 145" south. A visual magnitude estimate by T. Cragg on
Feb. 27.70 UT gave 14.4:.
SUPERNOVA 1987A IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD
Y.-H. Chu, University of Illinois, informs us that her narrow-
filter plates obtained at the CTIO 4-m prime focus in 1983 show
the additional companion (star 3) to Sanduleak -69 202 suggested
on IAUC 4321 at a separation of 1".4 (+0".1, -0".3) in p.a. 110 +/-
3 deg. Star 3 appears to be of mag about 17.5 and not red.
Further visual magnitude estimates by R. H. McNaught,
Coonabarabran, N.S.W.: Feb. 28.408 UT, 4.3; 28.588, 4.4.
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1987 February 28 (4322) Brian G. Marsden
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