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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1517      2000 Apr 30 09.22UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVAE 2000bl, 2000bm, 2000bn, 2000bo, 2000bp, 2000bq, 2000br
L.-G. Strolger, University of Michigan and Cerro Tololo
Interamerican Observatory (CTIO) et.al., Nearby Galaxies Supernova
Search Team report the discovery of seven new supernovae in their
recent search campaign conducted Mar. 21-31 using the Kitt Peak
0.9-m telescope (+ Mosaic camera).
SN      2000 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.     R       Offset
2000bl  Mar. 24    8 55 20.44   - 7 23 42.9   19.4   0".3 E, 1".3 N
2000bm  Mar. 23    8 58 56.02   - 5 10 15.7   19.2   0".6 W, 2".1 N
2000bn  Mar. 25    9 35 41.15   - 4 32 13.3   18.8     --
2000bo  Mar. 23    9 49 34.92   - 3 20 38.3   18.3   2".1 E, 1".3 S
2000bp  Mar. 25    9 54 20.63   - 4 51 13.3   19.8   0".4 E, 0".3 N
2000bq  Mar. 25   11 01 03.24   - 5 50 36.2   20.4     --
2000br  Mar. 25   14 03 50.20   - 4 01 01.7   19.7   0".3 E, 5".5 N
IAUC 7404 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 2000bs IN UGC 10710
M. Papenkova and W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley, on
behalf of the Lick Observatory Supernova Search, report the
discovery of an apparent supernova (mag about 17.7) on unfiltered
images taken on Apr. 19.5 and 20.3UT with the 0.8-m Katzman
Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT).  SN 2000bs is located at:
R.A. = 17h06m54s.67, Decl. = +43o06'41".7 (2000), which is 23".9
east and 38".0 south of the nucleus of UGC 10710.
IAUC 7406 (extract)

SUPERNOVAE 2000bt, 2000bu, 2000bv, 2000bw, 2000bx, 2000by, 2000bz
D. Hardin, LPNHE, Paris, reports for N. Walton, on behalf of
the EROS collaboration and the European Supernova Cosmology
Consortium, the discovery of seven supernovae in the course of the
automated supernova search with the 1-m Marly telescope at the
European Southern Observatory (ESO).
SN       2000 UT     R.A. (2000.0) Decl.       V      z    Type
2000bt   Mar. 26   10 16 18.06  - 5 44 47.3   19.6   0.04   Ia
2000bu   Mar. 31   11 27 11.45  - 6 23 14.6   19.4   0.05   II?
2000bv   Apr.  1   12 59 28.70  -12 20 07.6   20.6   0.12   II?
2000bw   Apr.  4   11 09 49.85  - 4 24 46.4   20.5   0.12   II?
2000bx   Apr.  6   13 48 55.53  - 6 18 35.9   19.2   0.09   Ia
2000by   Apr.  7   11 39 54.91  - 4 22 16.4   19.3   0.10   Ia
2000bz   Apr.  8   14 15 02.66  - 6 17 16.0   21.2   0.26   Ia
IAUC 7406 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 2000bk in NGC 4520
S. Jha, P. Challis, and R. Kirshner, Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics, report that a spectrum of SN 2000bk (cf.
TA E-Circular 1514), a supernova discovered by Mark Armstrong,
was obtained on 2000 Apr. 25UT by M. Calkins with the F. L.
Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope.
This shows it is a type-Ia supernova after maximum light.

Guy M Hurst