------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1714 2001 Nov 24 16.24UT 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 WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.theastronomer.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPERNOVA 2001fw IN UGC 2116 T. Puckett and M. Marcus, Mountain Town, GA, report the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 18.2) on an unfiltered CCD frame taken with the Puckett Observatory 0.60-m automated supernova patrol telescope on Nov. 11.15 UT. SN 2001fw is located at R.A. = 2h38m10s.45, Decl. = +30o50'54".6 (2000), which is 8".8 west and 1".5 north of the centre of UGC 2116. The new object was confirmed on CCD frames taken on Nov. 12.19. IAUC 7751 (extract) SUPERNOVA 2001fx, AND 2001fy M. Papenkova and W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley, report observations by LOTOSS of two new apparent supernovae in unfiltered Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) images: SN 2000 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. R Offset 2001fx Nov. 8.2 23 39 32.72 -22 24 46.3 18.2 8".0 E, 1".3 N 2001fy Nov. 7.2 22 08 54.03 +40 20 50.3 18.7 2".9 W, 1".5 S IAUC 7751 (extract) SUPERNOVA 2001fz IN NGC 2280 Y. L. Qiu and J. Y. Hu, Beijing Astronomical Observatory (BAO), report the discovery by BAO Supernova Survey of an apparent supernova in unfiltered images taken with the BAO 0.6-m telescope on Nov. 15.8 (when the object was at mag about 17.4) and 16.7 UT (mag about 17.0). SN 2001fz is located at R.A. = 6h44m50s.26, Decl. = -27o37'12".7 (2000), which is 15".8 east and 66".1 north of the nucleus of NGC 2280. IAUC 7753 (extract) SUPERNOVA 2001ga IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY B. Barris, University of Hawaii; and G. Miknaitis, University of Washington, on behalf of the High-Z Supernova Search Team, report the discovery of a supernova (I = 19.5) on I-band images taken with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (+ 12K Mosaic in queue mode) on Nov. 12; the supernova was identified by subtracting images taken on Sept. 11 from those taken on Nov. 12. The new object is located at R.A. = 2h27m51s.76, Decl. = +0 37'20".9 (2000), which is 1".8 east and 2".0 north of the apparent host galaxy. IAUC 7755 (extract) V1039 CENTAURI = POSSIBLE NOVA IN CENTAURUS N. N. Samus, Institute of Astronomy, Moscow, advises that the object we announced on TA E-Circular 1696 has been given the designation V1039 Cen as a nova. IAUC 7756 (extract) NOVA IN M33 O. Trondal, Oslo, Norway, reports his discovery of an apparent nova (mag approximately 16.5) on a CCD image taken on Nov. 15.762UT with a 0.25-m f/4.2 reflector. The new object is located at R.A. = 1h33m42s.84, Decl. = +30o40'53".0 (2000). Nothing was present at this location on an image taken by Trondal on Nov.13.92. W. Li, University of California at Berkeley, writes that the new object, located about 104" west and 76" north of the nucleus of M33 (= NGC 598), is also confirmed (mag about 17) on an image taken by M. Schwartz with the Tenagra Observatory 0.5-m telescope on Nov. 17.2; an image taken with the same telescope on Nov. 12.2 showed nothing at this position (limiting mag about 19.0). IAUC 7756 Guy M Hurst