COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
        INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                    Number 2061

                                Konkoly Observatory
                                Budapest
                                1981 December 21

                                HU ISSN 0374-0676





                A SUPERNOVA IN MCG +07-29-043


    On a 75 min. exposure objective-prism plate taken with the
Burrell Schmidt telescope at our Kitt Peak observing station on
March 11, 1981, a supernova has been found in the 14th mag. spiral
galaxy MCG +07-29-043 (1950: alpha = 14h 01.2m, delta = + 38d46'). The 
supernova, estimated to have been at B ~ 15 mag. at the time, is situated in
the outer region of the galaxy approximately 12 arc seconds west and
8 arc seconds south of the nucleus. No image is visible at this position 
on the POSS charts. The unwidened spectrum, as recorded at a
dispersion of 1360 A mm^-1 at H_gamma on baked IIIa-J emulsion, shows
apparently broad emission features centered at lambda 4650, 4280, 3960, and
3660 and equally broad absorption troughs centered at lambda 4470, 4130,
and 3810. The lambda 4650 feature contains the strongest emission. The
apparent absence of H_beta in emission suggests that this was a Type I
supernova.





              N. SANDULEAK
              Warner and Swasey Observatory
              E. Cleveland, Ohio 44112
              U.S.A.