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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1684      2001 Sep 07 10.44UT
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 2001ee IN NGC 2347 (Q2001/251)
On 2001 September 2, Mark Armstrong reported to the editor that he
had a possible supernova in NGC 2347 recorded on Sept.1.2UT but on
a single image only. The instrument, details of which were
apparently omitted from the IAUC, was a 0.36-m Schmidt-Cassegrain
telescope with an unfiltered CCD.

Although an appeal was issued to 'The Astronomer' Checking Group,
no independent observations were received. However Mark obtained
follow-up images enabling the following IAUC to be issued. Our
congratulations to him on this further success.

Guy M. Hurst, Basingstoke, England, reports the discovery by Mark
Armstrong of an apparent supernova (mag 17) on an unfiltered CCD
image (limiting mag 19) taken on Sept. 1.160 UT. From this image,
SN 2001ee was measured at R.A. = 7h16m04s.12, Decl. = +64o42'19".7
(2000), which is 5" west and 20" south of the centre of NGC 2347.
Images taken by Armstrong on Sept. 5.015 and 5.127 show the new
object at mag 17.1 and yield averaged position end figures 04s.14,
19".6. Nothing is visible at this position on an image obtained by
Armstrong on 2000 Oct. 2 (limiting mag 19.5), and nothing is
present on second Palomar Sky Survey images from 1989 Dec. 23 (red,
limiting mag 20.8), 1997 Mar. 9 (blue, limiting mag 22.5), and 1995
Nov. 16 (infrared).  Hurst adds that SN 2001ee is absent from an
image in J. C. Vickers' Deep Space CCD Atlas: North (1993, p. 75;
limiting mag about 19.5).
IAUC 7705 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 2001ec IN PGC 74077
D. Weisz and W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley,
reports the discovery by LOTOSS of an apparent supernova (mag about
17.8) in an unfiltered image taken with the Katzman Automatic
Imaging Telescope (KAIT) on Aug. 31.5 UT.  The new object is
confirmed at mag about 18.3 in an earlier image taken on Aug. 19.5.
SN 2001ec is located at R.A. = 2h12m00s.43, Decl. = +31o32'43".8
(2000), which is 5".1 east and 5".5 north of the nucleus of
PGC 74077.
IAUC 7702 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 2001ed IN NGC 706
M. Migliardi, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, reports his discovery of an
apparent supernova (mag about 14.9) on unfiltered CCD images taken
with a 0.5-m telescope on Sept. 2.96 and 3.01 UT in the course of
the CROSS program.  SN 2001ed is located at R.A. = 1h51m51s.08,
Decl. = +6 17'27".4 (2000), which is 9" east and 20" south of the
nucleus of NGC 706.
IAUC 7703 (extract)
Pre-discovery magnitudes of SN 2001ed (cf. IAUC 7703):  Aug.21 UT,
V = 14.7 +/- 0.5 (M. Salvo and B. Schmidt, Mount Stromlo
Observatory, from Southern All-Sky Supernova Survey images); 22.13,
about 14.5 (P. Antonini, Avignon, France, unfiltered CCD); 29.13,
about 15.0 (Antonini).
IAUC 7704

Guy M Hurst