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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1646      2001 Jun 11 20.17UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVAE: 2001bu-2001ce
B. E. Schaefer, University of Texas at Austin, on behalf of
the QUEST collaboration, reports on the discovery of eleven
apparent supernovae discovered with the QUEST 16-CCD array camera
on the Centro de Investigaciones de Astronomia 1-m Schmidt
telescope at Llano del Hato, Venezuela.
SN       2001 UT     R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.     R      Offset
2001bu   Mar. 25  10 45 22.19  - 1 28 44.5   19.4    0" E, 0" N
2001bv   Mar. 25  13 58 09.11  - 1 51 40.9   19.9    0" E, 2" S
2001bw   Mar. 25  14 01 05.50  - 1 08 26.0   19.8    4" E, 4" N
2001bx   Mar. 25  14 54 05.62  - 1 42 04.1   20.0    1" W, 3" N
2001by   Mar. 25  15 25 52.96  - 2 10 28.7   20.3    0" E, 0" N
2001bz   Mar. 25  15 30 13.76  - 0 09 26.0   20.7    2" W, 0" N
2001ca   Mar. 25  15 35 41.15  - 0 16 21.6   19.4    0" E, 0" N
2001cb   Mar. 25  15 38 44.08  - 0 22 56.6   20.5    0" E, 0" N
2001cc   Mar. 25  15 44 13.61  - 1 53 15.5   20.0    0" E, 1" S
2001cd   Mar. 25  15 46 38.83  - 0 23 09.2   19.9    1" W, 1" N
2001ce   Mar. 25  16 39 28.49  - 1 27 17.9   17.9    0" E, 0" N
IAUC 7635 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 2001cf IN UGC 7020
G. Sala, Azzate, Italy, reports the discovery with the 0.3-m
reflector at Promiod Observatory of an apparent supernova (mag
18.5) on unfiltered CCD images (limiting mag 19.5) taken on May
26.87 and 26.93 UT.  The new object is located at R.A. =
12h02m31s.64, Decl. = +41o02'58".9 (equinox 2000.0), which is 49".3
west and 19".1 south of the nucleus of UGC 7020.  V. Pozzoli,
Bareggio, Italy, confirmed the new object on unfiltered CCD images
taken at the J. B. Postel Observatory on May 26.96, adding that
both Palomar Sky Surveys show nothing at the position of SN 2001cf;
he also adds that the new object is only about 7" from a foreground
star of red mag 16.9 in the USNO-A2.0 catalogue.
IAUC 7636 (extract)
Editor: Details of this object were also telephoned to the editor
and a confirmatory image was obtained by Tom Boles.

SUPERNOVA 2001cg IN IC 3900
W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley, reports the
discovery by LOTOSS of an apparent supernova (mag about 17.8) in
unfiltered images taken with the Katzman Automatic Imaging
Telescope (KAIT) on May 28.2 and 29.2 UT.  The new object
is located at R.A. = 12h55m40s.87, Decl. = +27o15'03".9 (2000),
which is 6".0 west and 1".5 north of the nucleus of IC 3900.
IAUC 7637 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 2001ch IN MCG -01-54-16
Li also reports another LOTOSS discovery of a supernova on
unfiltered KAIT images taken on May 28.5 (mag about 16.7) and 29.5
UT (mag about 16.8).  SN 2001ch is located at R.A. = 21h25m59s.19,
Decl. = -3 48'46".8 (2000), which is about 12" west and 14" south
of the diffuse nucleus of MCG -01-54-16.
IAUC 7637 (extract)

Guy M Hurst