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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1162      1997 Jan 25 14.01UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVA 1997B IN IC 438
Alessandro Gabrijelcic, Passo Valles, Italy, reports his discovery
of a supernova (mag about 16.5) on a CCD image taken on Jan 13.91UT
The new object was reported by Gabrijelcic as being 40" northeast
of the centre of IC 438 (R.A. = 5h53m.0, Decl. = -17o53', equinox
2000.0); nothing is present at this location on the Digitized Sky
Survey.
S. Benetti and C. Lidman, European Southern Observatory (ESO),
report:  "Inspection of a fully-reduced spectrum (range 523.6-903.1
nm, resolution about 2.0 nm), obtained at Jan. 14.03 UT with the
ESO 3.6-m telescope (+ EFOSC1), confirms SN 1997B to be like a
type-Ic supernova, about 10 days past maximum.
IAUC 6535 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 1997C IN NGC 3160
W. Li, Q. Qiao, Y. Qiu, D. Lu, and J. Hu, Beijing Astronomical
Observatory (BAO), on behalf of the BAO Supernova Survey, report
the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag about 17.5) on
unfiltered CCD images taken on Jan. 13.74, 13.85, and 13.93 UT with
the 0.60-m BAO reflector.  SN 1997C is located at R.A. =
10h13m56s.18, Decl. = +38o49'00".5 (equinox 2000.0), which is 17".7
east and 96".1 south of the nucleus of NGC 3160.  Nothing is
present on images of NGC 3160 taken on 1996 Dec. 18 (limiting mag
about 19.0).  A spectrum (range 380-900 nm, resolution 40 nm/mm)
obtained with the BAO 2.16-m telescope at Xinglong station shows
broad emission and absorption lines typical of a type-Ic supernova,
about 3-4 weeks after maximum.
IAUC 6536 (extract)

Guy M Hurst