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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1601      2001 Jan 20 17.15UT
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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SUPERNOVA 2001H IN MCG -01-10-19
T. Puckett, Mountain Town, GA, provides his astrometry and
photometry of an apparent supernova (mag about 17.5) discovered by
B. Holmes, Charleston, IL, on an unfiltered CCD frame taken with a
0.40-m reflector on Jan. 10.10 UT:  R.A. = 3h40m43s.05, Decl. =
-6o24'59".1 (2000), which is 5".8 east and 2".9 south of the centre
of MCG -01-10-19.  The new object was confirmed at mag 17.5 on an
unfiltered CCD frame (limiting mag 20.5) taken by Puckett with the
Puckett Observatory 0.60-m reflector on Jan.13.01.  SN 2001H does
not appear on Palomar Sky Survey images (limiting mag about 21.0)
taken on 1987 Nov. 15 and 1982 Sept. 16.
IAUC 7560

SUPERNOVA 2001I IN UGC 2836
S. Beckmann and W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley,
on behalf of LOTOSS, report the discovery with the 0.8-m Katzman
Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) of an apparent supernova (mag
about 17.2) on an unfiltered image taken on Jan.15.2 UT.  The new
object was confirmed on earlier images taken on 2000 Dec. 23.2 (mag
about 18.4) and 28.3 UT (mag about 17.7).  SN 2001I is located at:
R.A. = 3h43m57s.28, Decl. = +39o17'39".4 (2000), which is 4".1 east
and 2".5 south of the nucleus of UGC 2836.
IAUC 7563

SUPERNOVA 2001J IN UGC 4729
S. Beckmann and W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley,
on behalf of LOTOSS, report the discovery of an apparent supernova
(mag about 17.5) on unfiltered images taken on Jan. 15.4 and 16.3
UT with the 0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT).
SN 2001J is located at R.A. = 9h00m43s.23, Decl.= +17o37'15".6
(2000), which is 19".2 east and 2".4 south of the nucleus of
UGC 4729.
IAUC 7564

SUPERNOVA 2001G IN MCG +08-17-43
We are delighted to report spectral confirmation of the supernova
found by Mark Armstrong and included on E1600. Our impression that
it was caught on the rise by Mark seems to be confirmed from the
details in the IAUC below:

T. Matheson, S. Jha, P. Challis, and R. Kirshner, Harvard-
Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, report that spectra of SN
2001G, obtained by M. Calkins on Jan. 15.31 UT with the F. L.
Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST spectrograph), show it
to be a type-Ia supernova before maximum light.  The spectrum
consists of a blue continuum with well-defined Si II and Ca II
features.  The spectral-feature age of the supernova (Riess
et al. 1997, A.J. 114, 722) is 2 +/- 2 days before maximum light.
IAUC 7564

Guy M Hurst