COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
       INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                    NUMBER  459


                                 Konkoly Observatory
                                 Budapest
                                 1970 August 26
       
       
       TWO SUPERNOVAE 1953 IN FAINT GALAXIES

By comparing plates of the Schmidt-telescope of the Karl=Schwarzschild-
Observatory, Tautenburg, with the Palomar Sky-Survey prints
two supernovae have been found:

                     [FIGURE 1]

                   1. SN in galaxy 16m (Anon)

                          RA = 10h 56m 15s
                           D = + 50 31'8     (1950)

                      SN about 10" NE of nucleus.

                      Magnitudes:     
                      16m5 on 1953 Feb 13/14 (plate 0-673)
                      18m0: on 1953 Mar 15/16 (plate 0-709)

                   2. SN in galaxy 19m 5 (Anon)
                          RA = 11h 00m 45s
                           D = + 50 06'7      (1950)

                     SN about 3" S of centre.

                     Magnitude:       
                     17m0 on 1953 Mar 15/16 (plate 0-709)  


From the second supernova radio emission has possibly been observed
in the 5 C 2-survey. Its position coincides with the source 5 C 2.108.
For details see P. Notni et al (1).
                          
                          
                          P. NOTNI, H. OLEAK
                        Zentralinstitut fur Astrophysik
                           DDR - 15 Potsdam
 
 (1) P. Notni, H. Oleak, G.- M. Richter, Proceedings of the IAU symposium 
No.44, 1970 (in press) [BIBCODE 1972IAUS...44...82N ]