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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1395      1999 Apr 04 16.15UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK             GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK
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SUPERNOVAE 1999bc AND 1999bd
P. Nugent, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, on behalf of the
Supernova Cosmology Project and the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking
project reports two supernovae discoveries on unfiltered CCD
frames:
SN      1999 UT     R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.    Offset
1999bc  Feb. 19    8 28 31.08  +17 28 15.4   18.9:  4".2 W, 17".1 N
1999bd  Feb. 19    9 30 29.17  +16 26 07.8   17.7:  IAUC 7133

SUPERNOVAE 1999be AND 1999bf
P. Nugent also reports the discovery of two supernovae on
unfiltered CCD images on behalf of the Supernova Cosmology Project
and the Spacewatch program at the University of Arizona:
SN      1999 UT     R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.    Offset
1999be  Mar. 10    8 23 38.60  +18 18 20.4   15.8   12" W, 24" N
1999bf  Mar. 10   11 49 52.28  - 0 41 19.9   20.8   IAUC 7134

SUPERNOVA 1999bg IN IC 758
W. Li, University of California at Berkeley, reports the discovery
of an apparent supernova by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search
with the 0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT).
SN 1999bg was found and confirmed on unfiltered CCD frames taken
on Mar. 28.3 and 29.3 UT (mag about 15.5 on both dates).  The new
object is located at R.A. = 12h04m07s.30, Decl. = +62o30'01".2
(2000), which is 33"W and 20"S of the nucleus of IC 758.
IAUC 7135 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 1999bh IN NGC 3435
Li also reports the discovery by LOSS of another apparent
supernova in an unfiltered image taken on Mar. 29.2 UT (mag about
16.8).  SN 1999bh was confirmed at mag 17.5 on an earlier image
taken on Mar. 24.2 and is located at:
R.A. = 10h54m46s.97, Decl. = +61o17'20".0 (2000), which is about
10" west and 3" south of the nucleus of NGC 3435.  A KAIT image of
the same field on Mar.17.2 (limiting mag about 19.0) already
showed a hint of SN 1999bh.
IAUC 7135 (extract)

SUPERNOVAE 1999bi-1999bq
A. Kim, College de France et.al., report the discovery of nine
supernovae in the course of the automated supernova search with the
1-m Marly telescope (+ CCD) at La Silla:
SN       1999 UT     R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.     R      Offset
1999bi   Mar. 11   11 01 15.76  -11 45 15.2   20.5   0".8 E, 0".8 N
1999bj   Mar. 11   11 51 38.39  -12 29 08.3   20.8   0".8 E, 4".0 S
1999bk   Mar. 15   11 28 52.01  -12 18 08.3   19.1   0".2 E, 6".5 S
1999bl   Mar. 15   11 12 13.60  - 5 04 44.8   21.2   2".2 E, 2".7 S
1999bm   Mar. 15   12 45 00.84  - 6 27 30.2   20.5   3".4 E, 1".4 N
1999bn   Mar. 17   11 57 00.40  -11 26 38.4   19.6   0".9 W, 0".2 N
1999bo   Mar. 18   14 21 07.48  - 5 57 25.8   19.7   7".6 E, 2".7 N
1999bp   Mar. 20   11 39 46.42  - 8 51 34.8   18.8   2".6 E, 2".6 N
1999bq   Mar. 20   13 06 54.46  -12 37 11.6   20.1   1".7 E, 4".1 N
IAUC 7136 (extract)

U GEMINORUM (Q1999/096)
E.Muyllaert, Belgium reports U Gem in outburst on Apr 1.816UT at
mag 11.3. This was confirmed in an image by Denis Buczynski, Conder
Brow of Apr. 2.87946UT with a reduced magnitude of 9.3.
Guy M Hurst