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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1471      1999 Nov 28 17.16UT
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 1999es IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
J. Mueller reports her discovery of a supernova (mag about 18.5) on
a red plate taken on Nov. 2 UT by K. Rykoski and herself with the
1.2-m Oschin Schmidt Telescope in the course of the Palomar Outer
Solar System Ecliptic Survey.  SN 1999es is located at
R.A. = 2h32m43s.4, Decl. = +22o27'08" (equinox 2000.0), which is
12".8 west and 2" north of the host galaxy.  There is no object at
the position of SN 1999es on the Digitized Sky Survey or on a red
plate from the second Palomar Sky Survey.
IAUC 7301 (extract)

DK CAS
Patrick Schmeer, Bischmisheim, Germany reports an outburst of this
catalogued SS-Cygni variable using CCD images obtained with a
robotic telescope:
1999 Nov 21.156UT, [18.0; 27.137, 15.3.
Sequence:   USNO-A2.0 (red magnitudes)
Instrument: IRO (0.5-m RCT + AP-8)
He adds:
DK Cas is according to the GCVS an SS Cyg-type dwarf nova with a
photographic magnitude range of 15.3 to about 19.5 and a mean cycle
length of approximately 96 days.
The following USNO-A2.0 data are available for DK Cas (in
outburst):
R.A. 00h18m07.907s  Decl. +57o26'07.43"  (J2000.0)r= 16.5, b= 17.7

Taichi Kato and M.Vemura, Japan report confirmation of the
outburst:
1999 Nov 27.501UT, 14.93.
Telescope: 25-cm SCT + ST-7 unfiltered
Comparison: GSC3661.1642, Rc=9.85 assumed

COMET 1999 V1
C. W. Hergenrother, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, reports the
discovery of another comet by the Catalina Sky Survey.

     1999 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.        m1    Observer
     Nov.  5.43943    9 37 11.47   +11 32 03.7   17.6 Hergenrother
           5.44850    9 37 12.27   +11 31 56.6   17.8     "
           5.45751    9 37 12.55   +11 31 52.2   17.5     "
           5.46704    9 37 13.18   +11 31 45.8   18.0     "
           6.44715    9 38 09.20   +11 22 20.9   18.0     "
           6.45209    9 38 09.55   +11 22 18.0   17.6     "
           6.47319    9 38 10.79   +11 22 05.8          Shelus
           6.48359    9 38 10.98   +11 21 59.7            "
           6.49391    9 38 11.62   +11 21 52.8            "

C. W. Hergenrother (Catalina Sky Survey).  0.41-m Schmidt + CCD.
Apparent faint tail on single frames.  On a 240-s coadded exposure
on Nov. 5 there showed a 13" coma and a 60" tail in p.a. 300 deg.
P. J. Shelus (McDonald Observatory).  0.76-m reflector with prime
focus corrector + LF1 CCD.  Fuzzy head and faint tail roughly in
p.a. 320 deg.
IAUC 7302

Guy M Hurst