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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1735      2002 Jan 26 22.00UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVA 2001it IN MCG +09-25-15
The discovery of this object by Tom Boles was reported in TA E-
Circular 1728. Tom Matheson et.al., Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics have now reported on IAUC 7787, spectral
confirmation. The spectrum, taken by M.Calkins on 2002 Jan 6, shows
it to be a type-II supernova.

SUPERNOVA 2002B IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
A supernova of about magnitude 20 has been found on exposures of
2002 Jan 7 during the SuperMacho microlensing survey using the
Cerro Tololo 4-m telescope. Its location is:
05h 40m 46.06s DEC -71 51'15.1" (2000), placing it in a galaxy
behind the Large Magellanic Cloud according to IAUC 7791.

SUPERNOVA 2001ih IN MCG +06-40-3
The discovery report for this object found by Tom Boles appeared on
TA E-Circular 1723. R.Chornock et.al., University of California,
Berkeley, have reported on IAUC 7792 that a noisy spectrum of the
object obtained on 2002 Jan 14 with the Shane 3-m reflector at Lick
Observatory shows it may be of type II-b and probably 1-2 months
past maximum light. 

SUPERNOVA 2002C IN IC3376
A further LOTOSS supernova was recorded on a Jan 14 image at
magnitude 16.7 using the Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope
according to a report in IAUC 7793. The position is quoted as:
RA 12h 27m 52.66s DEC +27 00'06.1" (2000), 30.6"E and 30.7"N of
IC3376.

Guy M Hurst