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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1560     2000 Sept 12 11.15UT
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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Z AND
Gary Poyner reports that the symbiotic prototype star Z And is
currently undergoing a minor outburst as indicated by the following
observations:

Aug 21.098UT    mv=10.8  G. Poyner  (Birmingham, UK)
    23.032         10.7  Poyner
    29.017         10.7  Poyner
Sep 02.905         10.6  M.D. Gainsford (Burbage, UK)
    04.875         10.1  Gainsford
    10.876          9.6  Gainsford

The last outburst to brighter than magnitude 10 occured in the summer
of 1997.

SUPERNOVA 2000dj IN NGC 735
A. B. Aazami and W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley,
on behalf of the Lick Observatory Supernova Search report the
discovery with the 0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT),
of an apparent supernova on unfiltered images taken on Sept. 8.4
(mag about 17.4) and 9.4 UT (mag about 17.1).  The new object is
located at R.A. = 1h56m40s.63, Decl. = +34o10'12".4 (equinox 2000.0),
which is 32".1 east and 24".3 south of the nucleus of NGC 735. A KAIT
image of the same field taken on Aug. 25.4 showed nothing at the
position of SN 2000dj (limiting mag about 19.0).
                                                       IAUC 7490

Nick James (ndj@astro1.demon.co.uk)