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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1616      2001 Mar 18 12.16UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVA 2001Y IN NGC 3362
W. D. Li and M. Modjaz, University of California at Berkeley
(UCB), on behalf of LOTOSS, report the discovery of a supernova
(mag about 18.1) on unfiltered images taken on Mar.3.34 and 3.47 UT
with the 0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT). SN 2001Y
is located at R.A. = 10h44m50s.42, Decl. = +6 35'50".8 (2000),
which is 18".0 west and 2".3 north of the nucleus of NGC 3362.
SN 2001Y was confirmed at about the same brightness on an
unfiltered image taken by M. Schwartz on Mar. 4.2 with the Tenagra
Observatory 0.5-m automatic telescope.  Images of the same field
taken with the Tenagra 0.5-m telescope on Feb. 19.3 (limiting mag
about 18.5) and with KAIT on 1999 Apr. 10.3 (limiting mag about
19.5) showed nothing at this position.
IAUC 7592 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 2001Z IN IC 3528
Modjaz and Li also report the LOTOSS discovery of another apparent
supernova (mag about 18.3) on an unfiltered image taken with KAIT
on Mar. 3.5 UT.  SN 2001Z is located at:
R.A. = 12h34m55s.87, Decl. = +15o34'07".5 (2000), which is 0".5
west and 11".2 north of the nucleus of IC 3528. The new object was
confirmed (mag about 18.5) on an unfiltered image taken by Schwartz
on Mar. 4.4 with the Tenagra 0.5-m telescope.  A KAIT image of the
same field taken on Feb. 6.4 showed nothing at the position of the
new object (limiting mag about 19.5).
IAUC 7592 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 2001ab IN NGC 6130
A. B. Aazami and W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley, on
behalf of LOTOSS, report the discovery of an apparent supernova on
unfiltered CCD images taken on Mar. 11.5 (mag about 17.5) and 12.5
UT (mag about 17.4) with the 0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging
Telescope (KAIT). SN 2001ab is located at:
R.A. = 16h19m34s.83, Decl. = +57 37'05".5 (2000), which is 10".9
east and 11".4 north of the nucleus of NGC 6130.  A KAIT image
taken on 2000 Aug. 15.3 showed nothing at this position (limiting
mag about 19.0).
IAUC 7595

SUPERNOVA 2001ac IN NGC 3504
S. Beckmann and W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley, on
behalf of LOTOSS, report the discovery of an apparent supernova
(mag about 18.2) on unfiltered CCD images taken on Mar. 12.4 and
13.3 UT with the 0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT).
SN 2001ac is located at R.A. = 11h03m15s.37, Decl. = +27 58'29".5
(2000), which is 55".3 east and 9".1 north of the nucleus of
NGC 3504.  A KAIT image taken on Feb. 4.4 UT showed nothing at this
position (limiting mag about 19.0).
IAUC 7596

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