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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1682      2001 Sep 04 19.41UT
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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SUPERNOVA 2001eb IN NGC 1589 (Q2001/249)
On 2001 August 29, Tom Boles reported a single image suspected
supernova of magnitude 16.3 recorded that morning (03.10UT)
in NGC 1589.

In response to an alert issued by 'The Astronomer', Dave Balam on
Victoria island, Canada used the 1.82-m Plaskett to confirm it.
This was a follow-up to a meeting on Victoria a few years ago when
the editor met Dave Balam during which Dave agreed to help our
group in obtaining discovery confirmations when this superb
telescope had any free time.

The following IAUC announcement has now been made:

Guy M. Hurst, Basingstoke, England, reports the discovery by Tom
Boles (Coddenham, Suffolk, England) of an apparent supernova (mag
16.3) on a single unfiltered CCD image taken (limiting mag about
18.0) on Aug. 29.132 UT in the course of the U.K. Nova/Supernova
Patrol with a 0.36-m Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.  SN 2001eb is
located at R.A. = 4h30m45s.10, Decl. = +0 52'17".9 (2000), which is
7" west and 28" north of the centre of NGC 1589.  The new object is
embedded in the spiral arms and therefore appears slightly diffuse.
In response to an appeal from 'The Astronomer' group, Dave Balam,
(Victoria, BC, Canada) imaged the suspect on Aug.30.509 with the
1.82-m Plaskett telescope, reporting that the brightness appeared
similar to that found by Boles.  Boles adds that the object is
missing from his master image of 1999 Feb. 17 (limiting mag 17.5)
and from second Palomar Sky Survey images taken in 1990 (red,
limiting mag 19.5) and 1991 (blue, limiting mag 19.5). Hurst also
notes that SN 2001eb is not present on an image of this galaxy
shown in J. C. Vickers' Deep Space CCD Atlas: North (1993, p.
43; limiting mag about 18).
IAUC 7702

Many congratulations to Tom on this continuing run of successes:
editor.

Guy M Hurst