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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1604      2001 Feb 01 21.21UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVA 2001M IN NGC 3240
A. B. Aazami 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 on
unfiltered images taken on Jan. 21.4 (mag about 17.5) and 22.4 UT
(mag about 17.7).  SN 2001M is located at:
R.A. = 10h24m31s.48, Decl. = -21o47'40".6 (2000), which is 12".3
east and 12".7 south of the nucleus of NGC 3240.  A KAIT image of
the same field taken on Jan. 3.4 showed nothing at this position
(limiting mag about 19.0).
IAUC 7568

SUPERNOVA 2001N IN NGC 3327
Li also reports the discovery by R. Chornock of an apparent
supernova on unfiltered KAIT images taken on Jan. 21.4 (mag about
16.3) and 22.4 UT (mag about 16.2).  SN 2001N is located at R.A. =
10h39m58s.08, Decl. = +24o05'26".0 (2000), which is 1".8 east and
2".7 south of the nucleus of NGC 3327.  The photometry and
astrometry of the new object were measured after subtracting a KAIT
image of the same field taken on Jan. 1.4, which showed nothing at
the position of the new object (limiting mag about 19.0).
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SUPERNOVA 2001G IN MCG +08-17-43
A. Gal-Yam and O. Shemmer, Tel Aviv University, report:  "A
spectrum (range 400-780 nm), obtained with the Wise Observatory 1-m
telescope (+ FOSC spectrograph) on Jan. 16 by J. Dann, reveals that
SN 2001G is of type Ia, near maximum brightness. We estimate a
redshift of 0.015 from the supernova's broad features."
IAUC 7569

Editor: This was the discovery by Mark Armstrong reported on
E1600/E1601. The galaxy's name has been corrected from that
quoted on IAUC 7569.

SUPERNOVA 2001K IN IC 677
The independent discovery by Mark Armstrong reported on E1602
has now also appeared on IAUC 7569.

POTENTIAL VIRUS, ASTROMAX?
Sky and Telescope have confirmed that the file mentioned on
E1603 is indeed a virus and they apologise for any disruption
caused to PC's. They indicate that their routine bulletin
was 'intercepted' and replaced with the virus.

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