COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
           INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                          NUMBER 48

                                             Konkoly Observatory
                                             Budapest
                                             24 March 1964


            OBJECTIVE PRISM SPECTRUM OF NOVA PUPPIS
                              1963

      Nova Puppis 1963, discovered by C. Hoffmeister (UAI Circ.
1857 and Inf. Bull. on Variable Stars 45) was found on a blue objective
prism film (Perutz Phototechnisch B) which was obtained by the 36/44/
62.5 cm Schmidt camera and a 5deg.5 flint prism (dispersion 635 A/mm
at H-gamma) on April 20, 1963 at the Boyden Observatory, South
Africa.
      The brightness of the post maximum nova was estimated
10m.5 pg, and the spectrum shows the following features:

Weak emission band:                     from {lambda} 4750 A to 4660 A
 "       "      "                         "           4610    " 4550
 "       "      "                         "           4465    " 4360
H-gamma line in absorption, faint
Strong and bright emission band         from {lambda} 4185 A to 4120 A
H-delta line in absorption, broad
H-epsilon line in absorption, broad and strong
Emission band, medium bright            from {lambda} 3960 A to 3945 A
K-line, sharp and faint
Emission band, medium bright            from {lambda} 3930 A to 3910 A
H-zeta in absorption, very broad
Bright emission band                    from {lambda} 3850 A to 3810 A
Strong and bright emission band         from {lambda} 3765 A to 3715 A

     The position of the emission bands was measured against the
H-delta-line, which was considered as resting.
     The K-line appears as if it would be superimposed on one
single emission band extending from H-epsilon to H-zeta.


March 17, 1964.                             E. H. GEYER
                                          Landessternwarte
                                        Heidelberg-Konigstuhl