Date: Tue, 22 Jun 93 09:11:40 JST From: vandriel@kikyo.kiso.ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Wim van Driel ) Dear Dr. de Vaucouleurs, After returning from Tokyo I just checked the Kiso Schmidt plate collection for the possible SN in NGC 4856 and I too find the reported star 8.5 arcsec SSE of the nucleus on plates taken in 1979, 1981 and 1986. We did not take any CCD images of it now. best regards, Wim van Driel
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