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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1543      2000 Jly 17 19.40UT
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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GAMMA RAY BURSTERS
In the third paragraph of the announcement on E1542, it should
read that Nial Tanvir is giving a talk at the forthcoming *TA* AGM
on October 7 and not that of the BAA.

We have already received several responses from those interested
in assisting with this project. Some visual observers have asked
if they could participate and I would not rule this out at this
stage except we are ideally looking at those with large telescopes
which would enable objects of, say, magnitude 15 to be observed.

SUPERNOVA 2000cs IN MCG +7-34-15
T. Puckett, Mountain Town, GA, reports the discovery of an apparent
supernova (mag 17.8) on an unfiltered CCD frame (limiting mag 20.5)
taken with the Puckett Observatory 0.60-m automated supernova
patrol telescope on June 30.25 UT.  The candidate is located at
R.A. = 16h23m32s.24, Decl.= +39o07'29".1 (2000), which is 5".5 west
and 11".9 north of the centre of MCG +7-34-15.  The new object was
also present on an unfiltered CCD frame taken by Puckett on
July 1.13.  The candidate was also confirmed by J. Newton, Newton
Observatory B & B, Osoyoss, BC, on unfiltered CCD images taken with
a 0.40-m refelctor on July 1.23.
IAUC 7446 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 2000ct IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
T. Puckett, Mountain Town, GA; A. Sehgal, Woodinville, WA; and
J.Newton, Osoyoos, BC, report their discovery of an apparent
supernova (mag 17.5) on an unfiltered CCD frame (limiting mag 20.5)
taken with the Puckett Observatory 0.60-m automated supernova
patrol telescope on July 4.13 UT.  The candidate is located at
R.A. = 17h01m03s.64, Decl. = +33o28'45".0 (2000), which is 7".0
west and 13".4 north of the centre of the host galaxy. The new
object was also present on an unfiltered CCD frame taken with the
0.40-m reflector at the Newton Observatory B & B on July 6.55 UT.
IAUC 7448 (extract)

NOVA IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD 2000
W. Liller, Vina del Mar, Chile, reports his discovery of an
apparent nova in the Large Magellanic Cloud on two unfiltered
Kodak Technical Pan films obtained using a 0.2-m Schmidt camera on
July 12.4 UT.  The object was not present on a film he had taken of
the region on 1999 Mar. 8.  On July 13.0, using a CCD at the
Schmidt's Newtonian focus, he measured the object's position as
R.A. = 5h25m01s.60, Decl. = -70o14'17".3 (2000).
Observed magnitudes: July 12.4098 UT, 11.2 (Liller); 12.4129, 11.2
(Liller); 12.98, V = 11.45 (Liller, comparison GSC 9166.0178);
13.469, mv = 11.8 (R.Stubbings, Drouin, Vic., Australia, comparison
GSC 9166.0673; VY Hyi sequence suggests mv = 12.2).
IAUC 7453 (extract)

Guy M Hurst