COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
        INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                     NUMBER 389

                              Konkoly Observatory
                              Budapest
                              1969 October 4


             A NOVA IN SAGITTARIUS


      Patrol plates of the Galactic centre taken by R. G.
Welch of Auckland 1969 June to September have revealed a
probable nova. The approximate co-ordinates for 1950 are:
R. A. 18h, 28.3m Dec. S. 32deg 38'. The following approximate
photographic magnitudes have been found:

1969 U.T.
June 19.46    11?
July  4.46     8.1
     11.43     6.5
     20.44     7.6
Sept.16.43    10.5

      Exposure times varied from 8 to 14 minutes. Cameras
were Heliar anastigmat 7in, f/4.3 and Petzval type 8.4in,
f/4.2. The discovery was only made in September when Welch
compared photos taken on July 20 and September 18.
      A photoelectric observation at the Auckland 
Observatory on September 20.4 (U.T.) using B.D. -32deg 14235 as
a comparison star gave the V magnitude as 11.3; B-V=-0.061;
U-B = -0.478, The observation was made by Menzies and
Christie and reduced by Walker.


                         FRANK M. BATESON
                           Director.
                     V. S. S., R. A. S. N. Z.
                          1969. October 8

18 Pooles Road,
GREERTON, TAURANGA, NEW ZEALAND.