------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1763 2002 Apr 9 20.20UT 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 2002cc IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley, reports the LOTOSS discovery of an apparent 18th magnitude supernova on unfiltered CCD images taken with the 0.8-m KAIT on April 4.2 and 9.3 UT. Tom Boles, Coddenham, reports his independent discovery of this supernova at mag 17.2 on a 30 second unfiltered CCD image taken on April 8.876 UT (limiting mag 18.5) with a 0.35-m SCT, in the course of the U.K. Nova/Supernova patrol. His precise position is 8h34m02s.11, +55d39'12".5 and he notes that the object is not present on his images from 2001 December 10 (limiting mag 19.0), 2002 January 17 or February 16. Tom's discovery image is on the TA website at the address given below. http://www.theastronomer.org/supernovae/sn2002cc_20020408_tb.jpg SUPERNOVA 2002cd IN NGC 6916 Not to be outdone Mark Armstrong, Rolvenden, reports his discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 17.5) on an unfiltered CCD image (limiting mag 19.0) taken with a 0.35-m SCT on Apr. 8.157 UT in the course of the U.K. Nova/Supernova patrol. The new object is confirmed at mag 17.0 on an image taken on April 9.04 and it is located at RA = 20h23m34s.42, Dec = +58d20'47".4 (approximately 10" east and 10" north of the centre of NGC 6916). The new object is not present on Mark's images from 2001 July 15 (limiting mag 19.5), November 1 and 10 (both limiting mag 19.0). Congratulations to Tom on his 22nd discovery and Mark on his 37th. Nick James.