COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
           INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                       Number 3175

                                          Konkoly Observatory
                                          Budapest
                                          13 April 1988

                                          HU ISSN 0374-0676

            V PHOTOMETRY OF SUPERNOVA 1987A

Further to the observations of Supernova 1987A previously reported
by Jarrett (1987) photometry has continued at Boyden as occasion
permitted. The measurements are tabulated below and represented
in Figure 1.



  Julian Date V         Julian Date V
(add 2446000.000)       (add 2447000.000)

941.403      3.00       029.479     5.10
943.323      3.05       030.479     5.00
944.396      3.10       031.469     5.20
945.392      3.10       032.458     5.20
946.299      3.10       034.458     5.10
948.361      3.15       035.500     5.00
949.330      3.20       039.465     5.20
952.368      3.25       052.500     5.30
953.264      3.30       053.427     5.35
954.372      3.35       054.462     5.10
955.330      3.38       055.493     5.20
956.292      3.40       056.438     5.20
957.302      3.45       057.382     5.30
962.285      3.65       059.479     5.30
965.313      3.80       062.448     5.60
966.299      3.80       063.465     5.40
969.323      3.90       069.479     5.50
970.309      4.00       073.472     5.60
971.323      4.10       080.438     5.60
974.323      4.15       083.451     5.60
976.365      4.30       091.448     5.70
978.316      4.40       092.458     5.70
981.285      4.45       114.490     6.00
983.372      4.45       124.486     6.10
984.313      4.50       125.448     6.00
985.326      4.50       126,500     6.00
                        138.486     6.00
                        139.438     6.20
                        140.448     6.20
                        142.465     6.20
                        153.448     6.30



                            [FIGURE 1]

                        
After the virtually continuous rise in V monitored over the interval
JD2446853 to JD2446920 (Jarrett, 1987) it is interesting to note the
sharp decline from 3.0m to 4.4m over the period JD2446941 to JD2446978.
Thereafter there has been a steady decline of 0m01 per day throughout
the remainder of the monitoring period.


                       A.H. JARRETT

                       Boyden Observatory
                       University of The Orange Free State
                       Bloemfontein
                       Republic of South Africa

Reference:

Jarrett, A.H., 1987, IBVS, No. 3076.