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IAUC 6130: N Cir 1995; EF Peg; 19P

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                                                  Circular No. 6130
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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NOVA CIRCINI 1995
     W. Liller, Instituto Isaac Newton, Vina del Mar, reports his
discovery on a single PROBLICOM photograph (85-mm lens, orange
filter, Kodak TP film) taken Jan. 27.328 UT of a stellar object of
mv about 7.2 at the position R.A. = 14h44m58s, Decl. = -63o54'.0
(equinox 2000.0).  Nothing brighter than mag 12.0 appears at this
position on a film taken Jan. 12.336 UT.  The sharpness of the
image suggests that it is not a red variable.
     S. Benetti, European Southern Observatory (ESO); and E.
Cappellaro, Padua Observatory, report that inspection of a fully-
reduced CCD spectrum (range 390--900 nm, resolution 1.3 nm) obtained
on Jan. 30.38 UT with the ESO New Technology Telescope (+ EMMI)
confirms that this object is a nova.  The spectrum is dominated by
intense emission lines of hydrogen, Fe II, and O I (777.4 and 844.6
nm).  The FWHM of H-alpha, H-beta, and H-gamma, corrected for the
instrumental resolution, is about 1500 km/s.
     A. C. Gilmore, Mount John University Observatory, reports that
N Cir 1995 shows nova-like colors in photometry obtained at Mt. John
with the 0.6-m f/13 reflector (conditions were good but the region
low):  Jan. 29.449 UT, V = 7.91 +/- 0.02,  U-B = -0.44 +/- 0.50,
B-V = +0.38 +/- 0.02, V-R = +1.50 +/- 0.02, V-I = +1.71 +/- 0.02
(airmass 2.14).  Comparison was with two stars in Cousins standard
region F2 and nearby HR 5539.  The true U-B is likely to be more
negative than obtained here.
     Visual magnitude estimates from Australia reported by P. Nelson:
Jan. 28.526 UT, 7.4 (R. Stubbings); 29.464, 8.1 (Nelson).


EF PEGASI
     Further visual magnitude estimates by P. Schmeer, Bischmisheim,
Germany (cf. IAUC 6125): Jan. 12.73 UT, 11.3; 13.72, 11.3; 13.74,
11.3; 16.741, 11.6; 17.720, 11.8; 19.747, 12.0.


COMET 19P/BORRELLY
     Total visual magnitude estimates:  1994 Dec. 16.20 UT, 9.0 (A.
Kosa-Kiss, Salonta, Romania, 0.16-m reflector); 29.26, 8.9 (A.
Hale, near Chaparral, NM, 10x50 binoculars); 1995 Jan. 1.18, 9.1
(C. E. Spratt, Victoria, BC, 0.20-m reflector); 6.20, 9.0 (Spratt);
14.16, 9.6 (Spratt); 22.16, 10.0 (Spratt); 26.19, 10.2 (Spratt).


1995 January 30                (6130)            Daniel W. E. Green

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