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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1466      1999 Nov 12 07.27UT
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 1999ev IN NGC 4274
Guy M. Hurst, Basingstoke, England, reports the discovery by Tom
Boles, Wellingborough, of a supernova (mag 14.4) on a single
unfiltered CCD frame secured for the U.K. Nova/Supernova Patrol on
Nov. 7.225 UT with a 0.36-m f/11 reflector.  Boles measured the
position of SN 1999ev to be R.A. = 12h19m48s.33, Decl. =
+29o37'22".2 (2000).  Mark Armstrong, Rolvenden, provides position
end figures 48s.24, 21".7 from an unfiltered CCD exposure taken on
Nov. 9.211 (mag about 14.5).  Hurst notes that nothing is visible
at this location on the Vickers Deep Space CCD Atlas: North
(limiting mag about 17) or on an image obtained by M. Schwartz
(Cottage Grove, OR) on 1998 Dec. 8.
P. Garnavich, S. Jha, R. Kirshner, and P. Challis, Harvard-
Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, report that a spectrum of SN
1999ev was obtained with the Fred L. Whipple Observatory (FLWO)
1.5-m Tillinghast telescope by P. Berlind on Nov. 10.5 UT.  The
spectrum confirms that the object is a supernova and indicates that
it is a type-II event past maximum.
IAUC 7306 (extract)

Editor: Our sincere congratulations to Tom on his latest discovery!

COMET C/1999 U1 (FERRIS)
The above designation relates to the comet discovery announced
on E1461.

     T = 1998 Aug. 17.978 TT          Peri. = 268.285
                                      Node  =  59.719   2000.0
     q = 2.92087 AU                   Incl. =  96.433

1999 TT     R. A. (2000) Decl.   Delta     r    Elong. Phase    m1
Nov.  8     4 19.00   + 9 27.8   4.202   5.131  157.4    4.3   16.7
     18     4 08.36   +10 01.0   4.232   5.201  167.3    2.4   16.8
     28     3 57.69   +10 36.1   4.301   5.272  168.8    2.1   16.9
Dec.  8     3 47.50   +11 12.8   4.407   5.343  159.9    3.6   17.0
IAUC 7287 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 1999el IN NGC 6951
L. Cao, Y. L. Qiu, Q. Y. Qiao, and J. Y. Hu, Beijing Astronomical
Observatory (BAO), on behalf of the BAO Supernova Survey, report
the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag about 15.4) in NGC 6951
on an unfiltered CCD frame taken on Oct. 20.45 UT with a 0.60-m
telescope at Xinglong station; an image taken on Oct.21.44 yields
mag about 15.0 (there is a knot at the location of SN 1999el on the
Digital Sky Survey image and on previous BAO images, and the
magnitude estimates include the brightness of the supernova and the
knot).  SN 1999el is located at R.A. = 20h37m17s.83, Decl.
= +66o06'11".5 (2000), which is 21".8 east and 8".4 south of the
nucleus of NGC 6951.
IAUC 7288 (extract)

Guy M Hurst