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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1556      2000 Aug 27 16.19UT
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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BRIAN MARSDEN
At the meeting of IAU Commission 6 in Manchester on Aug. 15,
Brian G. Marsden announced his retirement, effective the next day,
as Director of the Central Bureau.  His place was taken by the
Daniel W.E.Green. Marsden had been in charge of the Bureau since
Jan.1968.
In recognition of his long service, he has been given the
honorary title of Director Emeritus, and it is anticipated that he
will still be actively involved in the Bureau's activities.  He has
also been elected President of Commission 6.

Editor: We are sending messages to both Brian and Dan and I am
sure the close cooperation which has existed for so many years
between the Central Bureau and TAHQ will continue.

SUPERNOVA 2000dd IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
A. B. Aazami and W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley, on
behalf of the Lick Observatory Supernova Search, report the
discovery of an apparent supernova with the 0.8-m Katzman Automatic
Imaging Telescope (KAIT) on Aug.10.3 (mag about 17.5) and 11.3 UT
(mag about 17.4).  An earlier image taken on Aug. 3.3 also showed
the new object at mag about 18.0. SN 2000dd is located at:
R.A. = 20h35m00s.10, Decl. = -23o05'55".2 (2000), which is 1".6
north of the nucleus of the faint host galaxy, which in turn is 56"
east and 22" north of MCG -4-48-19.
IAUC 7477 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 2000de IN NGC 4384
A. Dimai, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, reports the discovery by
M.Migliardi, Tourtour, Haut-Provence, France, of an apparent
supernova on CCD images taken on Aug. 10.9 and Aug. 11.9 UT (mag
about 16) with his 0.2-m f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope + CCD
Hi-Sis 33 in the course of the CROSS program.  Confirmation was
obtained on an image taken on Aug. 13.85 (limiting mag 18.5) with
the Col Druscie' Observatory 0.5-m Ullrich telescope that showed
the supernova at mag about 16.  The new object is located at:
R.A. = 12h25m12s.17, Decl. = +54o30'28".7 (2000), which is 1" east
and 5" north of the nucleus of NGC 4384.
IAUC 7478 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 2000df IN CGCG 51-70
Michael Schwartz, Cottage Grove, OR, reports his discovery of an
apparent supernova (mag about 17.2) on unfiltered CCD frames
(limiting mag about 18.5) taken on Aug. 17.204 and 18.194 UT,
utilizing the Tenagra-I 0.35-m automated supernova patrol
telescope. The new object is located at:
R.A. = 16h14m12s.22, Decl. = +6o09'00".6 (2000), which is about
9".2 east and 2".6 south of the nucleus of CGCG 51-70.
IAUC 7478 (extract)

TA AGM 2000
Further to the announcement on E1553, the meeting details can
now be found on the TA WWW pages at:
      http://www.demon.co.uk/astronomer/agm2000.html
>From this page, it is possible to link to the booking form.
If you have not already booked, please use this new form, in
place of the earlier version in TA, and ensure it is sent
to Peter Meadows.
Guy M Hurst