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IAUC 6144: N LMC 1995; 1995D; 1995E

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                                                  Circular No. 6144
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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MARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or GREEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science)


NOVA IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD 1995
     M. Della Valle and N. Masetti, Department of Astronomy,
University of Padua; and S. Benetti, European Southern Observatory
(ESO), report:  "Preliminary inspection of a fully-reduced CCD
spectrogram (range 380-900 nm, resolution about 1 nm), obtained on
Mar. 3.03 UT with the ESO New Technology Telescope (+ EMMI),
confirms Liller's object (cf. IAUC 6143) to be a nova at or just
past maximum light.  The spectrum is dominated by strong emission
lines of H, Fe II (multiplets 27, 37, 38, 42, 48, 49, 74), Ca II (H
and K, and infrared triplet), and Na I (D lines and multiplet 5)
flanked by narrow P-Cyg absorptions superimposed on a blue
continuum.  Additional features are observed at 553.7 nm [a blend
of N II (multiplet 63) and Fe II (multiplet 55)] and at 747.6 and
778.0 nm [O I (multiplets 1 and 55, respectively)].  The expansion
velocity measured from the minimum of the P-Cyg absorptions of the
strongest lines is 900 +/- 100 km/s.  H-alpha and H-beta exhibit a
blue P-Cyg absorption at about 1500 km/s."
         P. M. Kilmartin and A. C. Gilmore provide a position for
this nova, measured from an astrograph film taken at Mount John
University Observatory on Mar. 3.4 UT: R.A. = 5h26m50s.33, Decl. =
-70o01'23".8 (equinox 2000.0; utilized 8 PPM stars with average
residuals 0".3 in both R.A. and Decl.).


SUPERNOVA 1995D IN NGC 2962
     R. Tuffs, Max-Planck-Institut fur Kernphysik, Heidelberg; A.
Boselli, Observatoire de Paris; G. Gavazzi, Osservatorio Milano;
and H. Hippelein, Max-Planck-Institut fur Astronomie, Heidelberg,
report the following infrared magnitudes, obtained on Feb. 15.99 UT
using the Calar Alto 2.2-m telescope (+ MAGIC camera):  H = 14.1
+/- 0.1, K = 14.0 +/- 0.1.
     Additional magnitudes:  Feb. 19.07 UT, R = 13.2 +/- 0.1 (M.
Blake and T. Fuller, St. Mary's University; comparison stars GSC
0242.0194, 0242.0810); Feb. 20.95, V = 13.40 +/- 0.02, B-V = +0.22
+/- 0.03 (H. Mikuz, Ljubljana; cf. IAUC 6137); Feb. 28.92, V =
13.64 +/- 0.02, B-V = +0.41 +/- 0.03 (Mikuz); Feb. 28.943, 13.44 (S.
Meister, Bulach, Switzerland; unfiltered CCD; comparison star GSC
0242.0494); Mar. 1.915, 13.51 (Meister).


SUPERNOVA 1995E IN NGC 2441
     Mikuz reports the following CCD photometry:  Feb. 28.84 UT, V
= 16.25 +/- 0.03, B-V = +0.99 +/- 0.05 (comparison star HR 3075).


1995 March 3                   (6144)            Daniel W. E. Green

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