COMMISSION 27 OF THE I.A.U.
              INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                           Number 1205

                                                    Konkoly Observatory
                                                    Budapest
                                                    1976 November 19 


                OBSERVATIONS OF RECENT NOVAE

In IAU Circ. Nos. 2994 and 2997 the discovery of three novae
is announced. These objects have been observed on plates of the
Sonneberg Sky Patrol (Tessar 72/250 mm) with the following results:

Nova Ophiuchi 1976

1976 UT Aug. 25.87    >13.3 m_pg
        Sep. 22.82      9.3
        Oct. 21.77     12.4
        Oct. 26.74     12.3


Nova Vulpeculae 1976

1976 UT Sep. 23.87    >12.3 m_pg
        Oct. 21.79      7.6         6.3 m_pv
        Oct. 26.77      7.6         6.3


Nova Sagittarii 1975 No. 2

1975 UT Mai 12.98    >11 m_pg
        June 1.99      9.4
        July 5.92    >11


                           H. HUTH

                    Sonneberg Observatory of
               Central Institute for Astrophysics of
                   Academy of Sciences of GDR