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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1418      1999 Jun 14 19.43UT
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
WORLD WIDE WEB                    http://www.demon.co.uk/astronomer
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SUPERNOVA 1999cl In NGC 4501 (=M88)
Further to the discovery announcement on E1415, this object appears
to have brightened considerably since discovery although recent
estimates suggest it is yielding much brighter magnitudes with
unfiltered CCDs than visually.
An e-chart and sequence follows:
\\\\\\SN 1999cl b                    in NGC 4501
P,12h 31.9m  +14 26'  (2000)
S,400,6,S
-C,12.5322, 14.4258,2000
O,202,200,14,?
-L,L,SN
-T,SN Seq: V Bertola/Stanton
-S,SN/040.01
-G,211,207,350,150,140
R,11.85,217,259,a,A
R,11.96,203,167,b
R,13.2,303,298,E
R,13.51,234,253,c,R
R,13.71,212,142,e
R,13.85,233,296,d,R
R,14.74,231,168,f
R,15.5,251,209,J
M,9,129,111
M,10,339,52,219,254
M,11,265,96,149,23,228,27
M,12,373,110,339,279,118,262,149,397,332,277
M,12,189,68,346,194
M,13,91,188,347,93,45,61,375,308,159,111,38,37
M,13,363,155,204,100,82,138
M,14,317,338,46,15,119,195,191,359,222,220,396,345
M,14,197,38,157,234,361,33,120,320,104,142,101,338,75,154
M,14,325,111,50,78,104,207,194,302,297,384,43,222
M,14,232,93
M,15,20,72,221,223,127,144,346,184,62,233,162,96,365,20
M,15,215,303,149,358,20,366,108,322,116,252,151,333
M,15,153,291,49,90,316,144,42,347,350,385,113,238,21,249
M,15,211,375,125,396,216,263,389,271,387,340,397,364
M,15,212,319,169,335
E,79
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CH CYGNI
Recent estimates by Gary Poyner (Birmingham) and Guy Hurst
(Basingstoke) suggest this symbiotic variable may be fading:
1999 Jun 7.926UT, 7.6 (Poyner)
         8.997UT, 8.0 (Poyner)
         9.968UT, 8.6 (Hurst)
         9.992UT, 8.3 (Poyner)

Guy M Hurst