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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1768      2002 Apr 26 18.50UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVA 2002ch IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Tim Puckett and A. Langoussis, USA have reported on IAUC 7879 that
they have recorded a possible supernova of magnitude 18.4 on Apr
16.14UT in an anonymous galaxy using a 0.35-m telescope. The new
object is at: RA 11h 14m 31.72s DEC +33 48' 18.3" (2000), 4.5"W and
3.0"S of the nucleus.

V4741 SAGITTARII (=POSSIBLE NOVA IN SAGITTARIUS)
Bill Liller, Chile has reported that a spectrum of this object,
announced on TA E-Circular 1766, was obtained on Apr 16.4UT. The
low-dispersion objective prism spectrogram shows narrow H-alpha in
emission.

N. N. Samus, Institute of Astronomy, MOSCOW advise that the
designation of this object is now V4741 Sagittarii.

SUPERNOVA 2002ci IN UGC 10301
A further LOTOSS discovery of a possible supernova has been
reported on IAUC 7881. The object was first recorded on a KAIT
image of Apr 19.5UT at magnitude 17.2 and located at:
RA 16h 15m 37.95s DEC +31 19' 17.4" (2000), 2.0"E and 0.1"N of the
nucleus of UGC 10301.

SUPERNOVA 2002cj IN ESO 582-G5
A further LOTOSS discovery of a possible supernova has been
reported on IAUC 7882, this time in ESO 582-G5. The first KAIT
image was on Apr 21.5UT at about magnitude 16. The position is:
RA 15h 21m 20.71s DEC -19 51' 27.3" (2000). This places the object
1.4"W and 3.9"S of the nucleus.

Guy M Hurst