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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1435      1999 Aug 13 14.10UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVAE 1999di AND 1999dj
     T. Puckett and A. Langoussis, Mountain Town, GA, report the
discovery of two apparent supernovae on unfiltered CCD frames taken
with the Puckett Observatory 0.60-m automated supernova patrol
telescope:

SN       1999 UT       R.A.  (2000)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
1999di Aug.  8.38   1 59 54.86  +23 38 22.7  18.0   5".2 E, 17".0 S
1999dj Aug.  8.40   1 48 10.95  +35 23 47.2  17.8   1".5 W,  7".4 S

The limiting magnitude of both discovery images was 20.0.  SN 999di
in NGC 776 was confirmed on an image taken on Aug. 9.39 UT. The
object does not appear on a second-generation Palomar Sky Survey
(PSS II) plate (limiting magnitude 20.3) taken on 1991 Oct. 10 UT.
SN 1999dj in UGC 1258 was confirmed on an image taken on Aug.
9.40UT and does not appear on a PSS II plate (limiting magnitude
20.2) taken on 1989 Nov. 19.


COMET C/1999 P2 (SOHO)
     D. Lewis, University of Birmingham, reports observations of
another apparent Kreutz sugrazing comet discovered by K. Schenk in
images taken with the C3 coronagraph aboard SOHO.  Astrometric
measurements made by Lewis (and reduced by G. V. Williams),
together with orbital elements by Williams are given on MPEC 1999
P26.

     1999 UT            R.A. (2000) Decl.
     Aug. 5.362        8 41.2       +15 39


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David Hurst