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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1590      2000 Dec 21 15.31UT
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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RZ LEONIS (Q2000/328)
Rod Stubbings, Drouin, Vic. Australia reports his observation of
a rare outburst of RZ Leonis, a possible WZ Sge type dwarf nova
whose last recorded outburst was on 1987 Nov 28. Confirming
observations have been made by Timo Kinnunen, Espoo, Finland and
by Eddy Muyllaert, Ostend, Belgium:

2000 Dec 20.662UT, 12.1v (Stubbings, RASNZ seq, 0.32-m reflector)
         21.21 UT, 12.2v (Kinnunen, VSNET seq, 0.44-m reflector)
         21.222UT, 12.6v (Muyllaert, AAVSO seq)

This star was discovered by M.Wolf on Heidelberg Plates of
1918 Mar 13 at magnitude 10.5.

SUPERNOVA 2000fb IN ESO 205-G11
R. Chassagne, Ste. Clotilde, Ile de Reunion, reports his discovery
of an apparent supernova (mag 15.8) on CCD images taken with an
automated 0.30-m telescope on Nov. 29.96 and 30.01, and on
Dec. 1.50 and 3.86 UT.  SN 2000fb is located at R.A. = 5h57m41s.95,
Decl. = -51o57'48".0 (2000), which is 6" east and 17" north of the
centre of ESO 205-G11.
IAUC 7536 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 2000fc IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
M. Turatto et.al, Pontificia Universidad Catolica (PUC) de Chile,
report the discovery of a new supernova (V = 22.4) on three images
taken on Nov. 17.09 UT with the 2.2-m telescope (+ WFI) at the
European Southern Observatory (ESO), La Silla, in the course of the
PUC-Padova Supernova Search.
SN 2000fc is located at R.A. = 0h58m33s.58, Decl. = -27o46'40".1
(2000), which is 0".3 west of the host galaxy's nucleus.
IAUC 7537 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 2000fd IN UGC 291
T. Puckett, Mountain Town, GA; and S. Gauthier, London, ON,
report the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 17.7) on an
unfiltered CCD frame (limiting mag 20.2) taken with the Puckett
Observatory 0.60-m automated supernova patrol telescope on Dec.
8.09 UT.  SN 2000fd is located at R.A. = 0h29m12s.09, Decl. =
+33o06'29".5 (2000), which is 7".3 west and 14".8 north of the
centre of UGC 291.
IAUC 7540 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 2000fe IN UGC 4870
M. Schwartz, Cottage Grove, OR; and W. D. Li and A. V.
Filippenko, University of California at Berkeley, on behalf of
LOTOSS, report the discovery of an apparent supernova with the
Tenagra III 0.5-m automated telescope.  The object was discovered
and confirmed on unfiltered images taken on Dec. 8.4 (mag about
16.6) and 9.3 UT (mag about 16.4).  SN 2000fe is located at
R.A. =  9h14m55s.15, Decl. = +46o54'02".0 (2000), which is 5".1
west and 9".5 south of the nucleus of UGC 4870.
IAUC 7540 (extract)

Guy M Hurst