-------------------------------------------------------------------
THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1610      2001 Feb 25 10.10UT
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
WORLD WIDE WEB                    http://www.demon.co.uk/astronomer
-------------------------------------------------------------------
CP DRACONIS (Q2001/007)
Chris Jones, Laindon, England reports his detection of an outburst
of the dwarf nova, CP Draconis on 2001 Feb 23.934UT at visual
magnitude 14.5 using the 0.457-m reflector.

Maciez Reszelski confirms the outburst on Feb 24.144UT at 14.3v.

Taichi Kato, Japan adds that the last recorded outburst was on
2000 May 15 and detected by Tonny Vanmunster. However the
magnitudes reported for the current outburst appear to be brighter
than the maximum of 15.1 quoted in the GCVS and the star clearly
requires close monitoring over the next few days.

COMET C/2001 C1 (LINEAR)
L. Manguso, Lincoln Laboratory, reports the discovery of an
apparent comet by LINEAR.  Confirming CCD observations by G. Hug
(Eskridge, KS) reveal a condensed coma and a suggestion of a faint,
broad tail in p.a. about 325 deg.  Available astrometry:

     2001 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.        m1    Observer
     Feb.  1.48039   14 41 46.55   -10 15 14.8   18.9   LINEAR
           1.49581   14 41 46.66   -10 15 21.8   19.5     "
           1.52622   14 41 46.75   -10 15 32.2   18.6     "
           2.49528   14 41 49.06   -10 19 51.8   18.3   Hug
           2.50030   14 41 49.08   -10 19 52.8   17.9     "
           2.51013   14 41 49.11   -10 19 55.0   18.3     "
IAUC 7578

The following parabolic elements are rather uncertain:

     T = 2002 Jan. 27.671 TT          Peri. = 210.683
                                      Node  =  33.970   2000.0
     q = 5.51440 AU                   Incl. =  68.112

2001 TT     R. A. (2000) Decl.   Delta     r    Elong. Phase    m1
Feb  15    14 41.36   -11 14.3   5.733   6.062  104.9    9.1   17.6
     20    14 40.66   -11 35.2   5.638   6.048  110.0    8.8   17.6
     25    14 39.64   -11 55.4   5.545   6.033  115.1    8.5   17.5
Mar.  2    14 38.30   -12 15.2   5.456   6.019  120.4    8.2   17.5
      7    14 36.65   -12 34.4   5.371   6.004  125.7    7.7   17.4
     12    14 34.68   -12 53.1   5.291   5.990  131.0    7.2   17.4
IAUC 7579 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 2001R IN NGC 5172
D. Weisz, M. Modjaz, and W. D. Li, University of California at
Berkeley, on behalf of LOTOSS, report the discovery of an apparent
supernova (mag about 18.5) on unfiltered images taken with the
0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) on Jan. 6.5,
Feb. 3.5, and 4.5 UT.  SN 2001R is located at:
R.A. = 13h29m16s.93, Decl. = +17o02'41".2 (2000), which is 33".2
west and 25".0 south of the nucleus of NGC 5172.
IAUC 7579