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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1784      2002 Jly 07 10.43UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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EDITOR'S ABSENCE
The editor will be on holiday and not contactable from Wednesday
July 10 until his return on Thursday July 18. 

During this period please continue to send non-urgent e-mails and
reports to the usual mailbox at Demon. However in the case of
possible discoveries or other urgent requests please contact Nick
James on (01245) 354366. For confirmatory e-mails send them to:
ndj@blueyonder.co.uk but also send a copy to the editor's mailbox
to ensure our records of such queries are kept complete.

SUPERNOVA 2002dr IN UGC 12214
A report by the LOTOSS team of their detection of a possible
supernova in UGC 12214 has appeared on IAUC 7927. The magnitude 17
object was first recorded on KAIT images of June 24.5UT at:
RA 22h 51m 01.00s DEC +31 22' 23.0" (2000) with offsets from the
centre being 0.5"W and 7.1"S. 

SUPERNOVA 2002ds IN ESO 581-G25
A further LOTOSS report appeared on IAUC 7928. This related to the
detection of another possible supernova, this time in ESO 581-G25.
The magnitude 15.9 object was first noted on June 25.3UT at:
RA 15h 13m 35.73s DEC -20 40' 38.5" (2000). The offsets from the
galaxy's centre are given as 67.5"E and 7.2"S.

Guy M Hurst