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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1705      2001 Nov 04 11.23UT
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 2001fe IN UGC 5129 (Q2001/265)
On 2001 November 2, Mark Armstrong notified us that he had recorded
a possible supernova of magnitude 16.0 in UGC 5129 on several
exposures on a single night. The initial discovery, on Nov
2.22615UT was made with the 0.26-m Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and
AP7p CCD on a 30 second exposure with limiting magnitude 18.0. It
was subsequently also imaged with the 0.36-m Schmidt-Cassegrain and
showed no movement on the morning of Nov 2.
A follow-up image of 30 seconds integration on Nov 3.08267 showed
the object at magnitude 15.9 and no movement thus eliminating an
asteroid. (This discounted 2000 UC94 which the Central Bureau's
computer predicted to be 13' north). 
Tom Boles also imaged the suspect with the Coddenham A 0.35-m
Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and AP7 CCD on Nov 3.13501UT.

The following IAUC has been issued and we offer congratulations to
Mark on this further success.

Guy M. Hurst, Basingstoke, England, reports the discovery of an
apparent supernova (mag 16.0) by Mark Armstrong, Rolvenden, England
on unfiltered CCD images taken on Nov. 2.23 and 3.08 UT in the
course of the U.K. Nova/Supernova Patrol, showing the new object at
R.A. = 9h37m57s.10, Decl. = +25o29'41".3 (equinox 2000.0), which is
15" west and 1" south of the center of UGC 5129.  An unfiltered CCD
image taken by T. Boles, Coddenham, England, on Nov. 3.135 yields
position end figures 57s.03, 41".7 (and offsets 13".5 west, 0".1
south).  Nothing was present at this location on an image taken by
Armstrong on 2000 Nov. 4 (limiting mag 19.0) or on second Palomar
Sky Survey images taken on 1995 May 19 (limiting blue mag 22.5) and
1998 Apr. 23 (limiting red mag 20.5).
IAUC 7742

SUPERNOVA 2001fb IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
A. Rest, University of Washington, reports the detection of an
apparent supernova (at magnitudes g' = 20.0, r' = 19.0) on Sloan
Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) images taken with the SDSS 2.5-m
reflector on Oct. 10.3 UT.  SN 2001fb is located at R.A. =
0h10m06s.15, Decl. = -0 26'18".2 (2000), which is 7".2 west and
8".7 south of the nucleus of the host galaxy.
IAUC 7740 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 2001fc IN UGC 11683
T. Puckett and L. Cox, Mountain Town, GA, report the discovery of
an apparent supernova (mag 17.5) on an unfiltered CCD frame
(limiting mag 20.2) taken with the Puckett Observatory 0.60-m
automated patrol telescope on Oct. 28.00 UT.  SN 2001fc is located
at R.A. = 21h08m26s.69, Decl. = +18o11'17".0 (2000), which is 11".8
south of the centre of UGC 11683.  The new object was confirmed on
CCD frames taken on Oct. 28.99.
IAUC 7741 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 2001fd IN UGC 11957
M. Papenkova and W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley,
report the discovery by LOTOSS of an apparent supernova (mag about
18.4) in unfiltered images taken with the Katzman Automatic Imaging
Telescope (KAIT) on Nov. 1.2 and 2.2 UT.  SN 2001fd is located at
R.A. = 22h14m29s.64, Decl. = +5 01'37".6 (2000), which is 8".3 east
and 15".9 south of the nucleus of UGC 11957.
IAUC 7742 (extract)

Guy M Hurst