------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1764 2002 Apr 12 18.42UT 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- YUJI HYAKUTAKE Nick James has relayed the sad news that Yuji Hyakutake, an amateur Japanese astronomer who discovered the famous comet named after him on 1996 Jan. 30, died last Wednesday evening in Kagoshima Prefecture at the age of just 51. The source details are at: http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=210973 SUPERNOVA 2002by IN ESO 139-G34 A delayed report through non-receipt of IAUC 7865, includes a discovery by R.Chassagne on Reunion Island, of a magnitude 14.5 apparent supernova recorded on Mar 31.02UT in ESO 139-G34. The position of the object, detected using a 0.30-m telescope is: RA 17h 50m 18.58s DEC -59 33' 51.6" (2000). Guy M Hurst