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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1332      1998 Aug 23 18.30UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVA 1998dm IN MCG -01-4-44
     M. Modjaz, T. Shefler, E. Halderson, J. Y. King, W. D. Li,
R. R. Treffers, and A. V. Filippenko, University of California at
Berkeley, report their discovery of an apparent supernova during
the course of the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (cf. IAUC 6627)
with the 0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT).  SN
1998dm was found and confirmed on unfiltered images taken on Aug.
22.5 (mag about 16.8) and 23.4 UT (mag about 16.5).  The new object
is located at R.A. = 1h26m13s.97, Decl. = -6o06'14".0 (equinox
2000.0), which is  about 13".8 west and 37".0 south of the nucleus
of MCG -01-4-44 (= UGCA 17).  A KAIT image obtained on Aug. 17.5
shows no star at this position (limiting mag about 18.5).
IAUC 6993 (extract)

Asteroid in Aries (cf EC 1329 & 1331)
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Based on a 3rd night of astrometry by Mark Armstrong & Nick James,
the asteroid should be reasonably close to the positions given
below over the next few days.

  Date    R.A. (2000) Dec.     Mag.   Motion
          h  m       o               "/hr P.A.
1998 Aug
  24.00   2  5.43  +15 54.8   17.0    13  109
  25.00   2  5.77  +15 53.0   17.0    13  112
  26.00   2  6.08  +15 50.9   17.0    12  116
  27.00   2  6.37  +15 48.7   17.0    12  120
  28.00   2  6.63  +15 46.3   17.0    11  124
  29.00   2  6.87  +15 43.8   17.0    10  129
  30.00   2  7.08  +15 41.0   17.0    10  135

Martin Mobberley