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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1807      2002 Sep 17 18.09UT
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
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2002 NY40
Peter Birtwhistle, Great Shefford, reports reduced magnitudes for
this asteroid using a series of images obtained with a 0.30-m f/6.3
Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and CCD over a period of about one
month leading to closest approach:

2002 July 21.04UT, 17.2; Aug 2.00, 15.8; 12.99, 13.8; 15.01, 12.7;
17.92, 9.2; 18.03, 9.9

A montage of these images will appear on the covers of the
September issue of 'The Astronomer'.

SUPERNOVA 2002ev
W. M. Wood-Vasey, has reported a possible supernova of magnitude
18.8 at: RA 20h 23m 00.85s DEC -01 48' 14.6" (2000), 8"E and 7"S of
the centre of an anonymous galaxy according to IAUC 7964.

SUPERNOVA 2002ew
W. M. Wood-Vasey also reports on the same IAUC a possible magnitude
17.8 supernova at: RA 20h 54m 30.50s DEC -00 08' 26.0", 4" S of the
nucleus of an anonymous galaxy.

SUPERNOVA 2002ex
A third possible supernova reported by Wood-Vasey on IAUC 7964 is
of magnitude 19.5 and at: RA 22h 09m 00.79s DEC -10 36' 25.8"
(2000). The offset from the nucleus of an anonymous galaxy is
1.5"N.

SUPERNOVA 2002ey
The LOTOSS team have reported on IAUC 7964 their discovery of a
possible supernova of magnitude 17.7, located at:
RA 23h 10m 12.33s DEC +7 32' 59.9" (2000). The object is 5.8"E and
5.5"N of the nucleus of an anonymous galaxy.

SUPERNOVA 2002em IN UGC 3430
R.Chornock et.al., report that a CCD spectrum was obtained at Lick
on 2002 Sept 3. This object, found by Mark Armstrong and announced
on TA E-Circular 1800, has been found to be of type-II. 

Guy M Hurst