True color image formed from J (blue), H (green) and K (red) band images obtained with the CAMILA/NICMOS 3 camera at the Observatorio Astronomico Nacional 2.1-m Telescope at San Pedro Martir, B.C., Mexico.

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SUPERNOVA 1998bu IN NGC 3368
     Y. D. Mayya and I. Puerari, Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica
Optica y Electronica, Puebla; and O. Kuhn, Instituto de Astronomia,
UNAM, Ensenada, report the following photometric magnitudes (+/-
0.05 mag) obtained with the Observatorio Astronomico Nacional 2.1-m
telescope (+ CAMILA/NICMOS 3 camera) at San Pedro Martir, Mexico:
May 11.30-11.31 UT, J = 11.77, H = 11.73, K = 11.81; 12.15-12.19,
11.67, 11.66, 11.67; 14.15-14.21, 11.49, 11.58, 11.42.


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1998 May 16                    (6907)            Daniel W. E. Green