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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1649      2001 Jun 19 06.55UT
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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EDITORIAL ABSENCE
The editor will be on holiday and unavailable from June 20 until
July 1. During that period subscribers can send routine messages
to the editor's mailbox but a reply is unlikely for several days
after my return due to the inevitable backlog of messages.

However for urgent messages such as discoveries, please send copies
of your message to Denis Buczynski and Nick James (addresses in TA)
AND a copy to the editor's mailbox. For part of the period of the
editor's absence Nick James is also away on an eclipse trip but
Denis has kindly agreed to monitor urgent messages.

Routine administrative matters regarding address and subs should
continue to be sent to Peter Meadows.

SUPERNOVA 2001cn IN IC 4758
R. Chassagne, Ste. Clotilde, Ile de Reunion, reports the discovery
of an apparent supernova (mag about 14.8) on unfiltered CCD images
taken on June 11.95 and 12.85 UT with a 0.30-m reflector. SN 2001cn
is located at R.A. = 18h46m17s.84, Decl. = -65o45'41".8 (2000.0),
which is 2".6 west and 17".9 south of the nucleus of IC 4758.  The
new object does not appear on a Digital Sky Survey image (U.K.
Schmidt 1.2-m telescope) taken on 1976 May 4.75 (limiting mag about
21.0).  R. Santallo, Faaa, Tahiti, French Polynesia, reports a
confirmation of SN 2001cn at mag about 14.8 on unfiltered CCD
images taken on June 13.531 with a 0.2-m reflector, and he
provides the following position end figures:  17s.88, 41".8
(or 1".8 west and 17".4 of the galaxy nucleus).
IAUC 7643

SUPERNOVA 2001co IN NGC 5559
A. B. Aazami and W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley,
report the discovery by LOTOSS of an apparent supernova (mag about
18.5) in unfiltered images taken with the Katzman Automatic
Imaging Telescope (KAIT) on June 11.3, 12.3, and 13.3 UT.  The
new object is located at R.A. = 14h19m11s.80, Decl. = +24o47'42".9
(2000), which is 13".5 west and 12".6 south of the nucleus of
NGC 5559.  A KAIT image taken on May 24.3 showed nothing at this
position (limiting mag about 19.0).
IAUC 7643

COVER, 2001 JUNE
We apologise for a minor error relating to this month's cover.
The details of the photograph at the bottom of the inside front
cover taken by Takamizawa do appear in the cover notes but the
caption was missing from the cover.

Guy M Hurst