COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
        INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                    Number 1170

                                Konkoly Observatory
                                Budapest
                                1976 August 19



        TWO NEW SUPERNOVAE IN ANONYMOUS GALAXIES




   In the course of our supernova search program (s. detailed
description by L. Detre in Supernovae and Supernova Remnants, ed.
C.B. Cosmovici, 1974, pp. 51-53.) two new supernovae were found.
   By comparing older plates with new ones of the survey program 
I discovered a supernova in the anonymous galaxy alpha=13h18.0m;
delta=+31d47' (1950) on a plate taken by Mr. G. Szecsenyi-Nagy with
our 60/90/180 cm Schmidt-telescope on March 15, 1972. The 
identification chart is shown in Fig. 1. The supernova appeared about 4"
to the west of the centre of the galaxy and its brightness was
about of 14 magn.
   The other new supernova was found in the anonymous galaxy
alpha=16h44.0m; delta=+58d24' (1950). This galaxy is very faint and its
structure can only be seen on the blue Palomar survey print. The
identification chart for this object and the supernova is given
in Fig. 2. The supernova was blown up about 7" to the west of the
centre and was nearly 3 magn. brighter than the parent galaxy.
Its brightness was about 17 magn. on the night of the discovery,
on July 26, 1976 and did not change noticeably during the following 
week.




                        M. LOVAS
                     Konkoly Observatory



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