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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1563      2000 Sep 23 15.39UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVA 2000dk IN NGC 382
S. Beckmann 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. 18.3
(mag about 16.0) and 19.2 UT (mag about 15.8).  The new object is
located at R.A. = 1h07m23s.52, Decl. = +32o24'23".2 (2000), which
is 5".3 west and 8".7 north of the nucleus of NGC 382.  A KAIT
image of the same field taken on Sept. 11.3 already showed a hint
of SN 2000dk, while an image taken on Sept. 6.3 showed nothing at
this position (limiting mag about 19.0).
IAUC 7493 (extract)

V452 CASSIOPEIAE (Q2000/287)
Chris Jones, Laindon, England, reports his detection of an outburst
of the recurrent object V452 Cas on 2000 Sept 20.928UT at mag
15.1v.

Gary Poyner, Birmingham, confirmed the brightening with a visual
estimate of 15.2 on Sept 20.951UT.

Taichi Kato, Japan, reports that the VSNET Collaboration Team have
detected clear superhumps. Hitoshi Yamaoka, Japan, reports
astrometry:

RA 01h11m07.25s DEC +33 32'36.1"(2000)