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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1463      1999 Oct 31 17.05UT
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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SUPERNOVA 1999em IN NGC 1637
IAUC 7294 announces the discovery of a bright supernova which is
well placed in the evening sky.

"W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley, on behalf of
the Lick Observatory Supernova Search, report the discovery, on an
unfiltered CCD frame taken on Oct. 29.44 UT with the 0.8-m Katzman
Automatic Imaging Telescope, of a supernova (mag about 13.5)
located at R.A. = 4h41m27s.04, Decl. = -2 51'45".2 (equinox 2000.0),
which is 15".2 west and 25".1 north of the nucleus of NGC 1637.
SN 1999em was confirmed at the Beijing Astronomical Observatory on
Oct. 29.7.  A KAIT image of the same field on Oct. 20.45 showed
nothing at the position of SN 1999em (limiting mag about 19.0)."

COMET C/1999 U2 (SOHO)
D. A. Biesecker, SM&A Corporation and Goddard Space Flight
Center, reports observations of a comet (not a Kreutz sungrazer)
discovered independently by S. Gregory (Stanford University) and by
J. D. Shanklin (Comet Section, British Astronomical Association) in
SOHO/LASCO C3 data.  The comet is very faint, and not visible in
very many frames. (IAUC 7292).

Congratulations to Jonathan on his second comet!

Nick James