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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1786      2002 Jly 18 10.16UT
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 RETURN
Further to the note on E-circular 1784, the editor has now returned
from a break in Iceland and has been greeted by 646 pending e-mails
which have not yet been read. 

Priority, for the moment, will be given to the printing and
despatch of the July issue of the magazine. Hopefully the delay
from the normal date for despatch of 20th monthly will be minimal.

If anyone who has sent an e-mail feels it needs urgent attention
please re-send with the word 'URGENT' in the subject line. It is
anticipated it will take about a week to clear the backlog of
routine messages and hope subscribers will bear with us whilst
pending files are cleared.

Finally we extend thanks to Nick James, assistant editor, for
holding the fort during my absence.

SUPERNOVA 2002dt IN ESO 516-G5
A LOTOSS detection of a possible supernova of about magnitude 18.5
on KAIT images of 2002 June 26.3UT has been reported on IAUC 7929.
The location of the new object is: 
RA 16h 03m 47.30s DEC -22 44' 19.5" (2000) and resulting offsets
are: 7.8"E and 11.1"S of the centre of the galaxy ESO 516-G5.

SUPERNOVA 2002du
G. Altavilla has reported on IAUC 7929 a supernova discovery with
the ESO/Max-Planck-Institut 2.2-m telescope on frames of 2002 April
9.2UT. The position is: RA 13h 53m 18.28s DEC -11 37' 28.8" (2000),
placing the magnitude 22 object about 1 arc second from the nucleus
of an anonymous galaxy.

SUPERNOVA 2002ds IN ESO 581-G25
Discovery details of this possible supernova appeared on TA E-
Circular 1784.

Paolo Corelli, Mandi Observatory, Pagnacco, Italy, has submitted to
The Astronomer an image showing the new object recorded on July 4
and this will appear on the cover of the July issue.

Li et.al., have also reported it to be a young type-II event
according to a note on IAUC 7929.

Guy M Hurst