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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1696      2001 Oct 04 14.16UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVA 2001en IN NGC 523
An independent discovery of this supernova (discovery on E-Circular
1695) at Beijing Astronomical Observatory has been relayed from Wan
Zhou via W. Li.  The Beijing group found SN 2001en on an exposure
taken on Sept. 27.53 UT at mag about 17.4.  Its position end
figures were found to be 22s.82, 30".2 (equinox 2000.0).  Nothing
was visible on a Beijing image obtained on Sept. 12.64 (limiting
mag 18.2).
IAUC 7725 (extract)

Mark Armstrong, Rolvenden, has also e-mailed to confirm he found
this object on an image of 2001 Sept 29 (22.58UT) before seeing the
relevant IAU Circular.

POSSIBLE NOVA IN CENTAURUS
Since the note on TA E-Circular 1695, this object has also been
announced on IAUC 7726. 
A. C. Gilmore, Mount John Observatory, University of Canterbury,
reports the following photoelectric photometry of the new object
obtained with the 0.6-m f/16 reflector under marginal conditions
(thin cloud, bright moonlight); reference stars were Cousins F218
and F212: Oct. 2.415, V = 9.11, U-B = +0.83, B-V = +1.41, V-R =
+0.81, V-I = +1.69, airmass 2.18.  Gilmore provides the following
position with uncertainty < 10" in each coordinate (proper
astrometry not possible due to lack of reference stars in the
moonlight):  R.A. = 13h55m41s.9, Decl. = -64o15'48" (2000).

SUPERNOVA 2001eo IN UGC 3963
T. Puckett and M. Marcus, Mountain Town, GA, report the discovery
of an apparent supernova (mag 17.5) on an unfiltered CCD frame
(limiting mag 19.0) taken with the Puckett Observatory 0.30-m
automated patrol telescope on Oct. 1.38 UT.  SN 2001eo is located
at R.A. = 7h41m31s.10, Decl. = +51o41'05".4 (equinox 2000.0), which
is 10".0 west and 13".5 south of the center of UGC 3963.  The new
object was confirmed on CCD frames taken on Oct. 2.34 by Marcus
(0.60-m reflector).
IAUC 7726 (extract)

Guy M Hurst