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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1473      1999 Nov 30 21.51UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVA 1999ex IN IC 5179
R. Martin, A. Williams, and S. Woodings, Perth Observatory, report
the discovery of a second supernova in IC 5179 ( also SN 1999ee),
found in an image taken on Nov. 9.51 UT in the course of the PARG
Automated Supernova Search.  Images obtained on Nov. 10.52 and 14
show that the object is slowly brightening.  SN 1999ex is not
visible in a deep exposure taken on Oct. 25.58 (estimated limiting
mag 19).  Position for SN 1999ex from three unfiltered CCD images
on Nov. 10.53 with the Perth 0.25-m Mike Candy Telescope by
J. Biggs and A. Verveer:  R.A. = 22h16m07s.27 +/- 0s.02,
Decl. = -36o50'53".7 +/- 0".3 (2000).
IAUC 7310 (extract)

DK CAS
Further magnitude measures (cf E1471, E1472):
1999 Nov 28.599UT, 14.83 ( M.Venmura and T Kato, Japan CCD no
filter); 29.616, 14.84 (Venumra and Kato); 29.842, 14.7v
Gary Poyner, Birmingham); 30.000, 14.9 (Poyner).

SUPERNOVA 1999ey IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
S. Benetti, Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, on behalf of the
STRESS team (E. Cappellaro, A. Pastorello, M. Prevedello, M. Salvo,
and M. Turatto, Padova; J. Danziger, P. Mazzali and L. Rizzi,
Trieste; and F. Patat, ESO), reports the discovery on a CCD frame
taken on Nov. 10.17 UT of a supernova during a search performed
with the ESO/MPI 2.2-m telescope (+ Wide Field Imager).  SN 1999ey
is located 0".5 west and 1".1 south of the nucleus of a faint
galaxy, the latter being located at R.A. = 0h58m03s.39, Decl. =
-27o40'32".3 (2000).  The new object was not present on Sept. 13
down to a limiting mag V = 23.5.
IAUC 7310 (extract)

SUPERNOVAE 1999ez, 1999fa, 1999fb, 1999fc, 1999fd, 1999fe
S. Fabbro, P. Astier, and R. Pain, Laboratoire de Physique
Nucleaire et des Hautes Energies, and Universites Paris VI et VII;
C. Veillet, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT); B. Frye,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; I. Hook, Royal Observatory,
Edinburgh; B. Schaefer, Yale University; and A. Kim, College de
France, on behalf of the Supernova Cosmology Project (cf. IAUC
7128, plus P. Astier, D. Hardin, K. Schahmaneche, J. M. Levy, C.
Balland, M. Mouchet, G. Blanc, J. Rich, and R. Taillet), report six
supernovae found with the CFHT in their high-redshift supernova
search:
SN       1999 UT     R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag     z    Type
1999ez   Oct.  4   22 36 39.00  - 0 15 09.1   23.4   0.15   ?
1999fa   Oct.  4   22 37 29.64  - 0 11 36.1   23.8   0.82  Ia?
1999fb   Oct.  4   22 37 33.88  - 0 20 30.0   24.6   0.94   ?
1999fc   Oct.  4    3 02 30.41  + 0 10 14.0   24.8   0.65  Ia
1999fd   Oct.  4    3 03 17.49  + 0 03 06.6   25.3   0.88  Ia?
1999fe   Oct.  4    3 03 01.40  + 0 12 50.5   25.0    ?    II?
IAUC 7311

BL LAC
This object is currently very bright. Observations by G.Poyner
unless otherwise stated:
Nov 02.923, 13.9; 03.953, 13.9; 09.885, 13.7; 16.941, 13.9;
19.947, 14.0; 29.823, 12.9; 29.881, 12.9  (Bill Worraker).

Guy M Hurst