COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
       INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                    NUMBER 113

                                    Konkoly Observatory
                                    Budapest
                                    8 November 1965          


       SUPERNOVA 2h 20.8m + 30deg 50' 1855.0


   Two long exposed plates, taken with the Schmidt Camera
1340/2000/4000 mm of Karl-Schwarzschild-Observatory on October
23/24, show the Supernova as a star of 18.5 mag, about 2.5 mag fainter
than on the Sonneberg discovery of Sep. 21-25.

						C. HOFFMEISTER
                                              Sonneberg Observatory




               THE SUPERNOVA IN NGC 3631


This supernova in NGC 3631 announced by Paul Wild in IAU
Circ. 1930 could be observed on plates taken on 1965 October 23
and 25 with the 400-mm-astrograph (f=1600 mm ) of Sonneberg
Observatory. Magnitudes have been obtained by comparison with
S.A. 13 (Mt.-Wilson-system):

           1965 October 23  JD 243 90 57.6        16.0 mag
                October 25  JD 243 90 59.6        16.2

The position of the supernova is 65" north and 40" west of
the nucleus of the Sc-type-galaxy.

                                                   K. LOCHEL
                                             Sonneberg Observatory