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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1744      2002 Feb 16 15.19UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVA 2002au in UGC 5100
Tim Puckett and Weidong Li have independently sent in reports to
the Central Bureau that they have detected a supernova in UGC 5100
and the results have been summarised on IAU Circular 7823. The
position of the new object derived by Puckett is:
RA 09h 34m 37.60s DEC +05 50' 15.7" (2000), placing it 16.0"W and
13.6"S of the nucleus. Li has end figures: RA 37.54s DEC 15.7".
The first definite recording of the object was on an image of 2002
Feb 8 by Li with the supernova at about magnitude 17.7.

SUPERNOVA 2002av in ESO 489-G007
Michael Schwartz (USA) and Weidong Li (LOTOSS) have recorded a
magnitude 17.7 object with the 0.5-m Tenagra III automated
telescope in images of Feb 8 and Feb 9. The location is:
RA 06h 08m 06.34s DEC -23 59' 13.2" (2000), 10.8"E and 17.7"N of
ESO 489-G007. Further details are on IAUC 7823.

SUPERNOVA 2002ap IN MESSIER 74
Arne Henden has revised the sequence for this object and an updated
TA chart to (B) format was sent on CSN 108. This will shortly be
updated on the TA WWW site for charts. Please use the new sequence
for further reports which are still needed on a daily basis in view
of the considerable interest shown in this object by professional
astronomers.

Alex Filippenko has added on IAUC 7825 that analysis of a further
spectrum of this object of Feb 11 with the Shane 3-m reflector at
Lick Observatory reveals that it is very similar to the peculiar
type-Ic SN 1997ef ('hypernova'), two weeks after maximum.

Guy M Hurst