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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1819      2002 Oct 28 20.21UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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POSSIBLE NOVA IN SAGITTARIUS
V. Tabur, Australian Capital Territory, has reported his discovery
of an apparent nova (red mag 9.7) in Sagittarius on unfiltered CCD
images taken with a 100-mm telephoto lens on Oct. 25.44 and 25.48UT
according to IAUC 8001.  A CCD image taken by Tabur with a 0.28-m
reflector gives the following position:
RA = 17h 47m 21.74s DEC -23o 28' 23.1" (2000).
Liller, (Chile) gives end figures: 21s.63, 21".4.
Tabur comments that there is no star on the Palomar Sky Survey of
1987 and 1991 in this position.

SUPERNOVAE 2002gf, 2002gg and 2002gh
W. M. Wood-Vasey et.al., have reported on IAUC 7990 their discovery
of three supernovae in anonymous galaxies on Palomar NEAT images.
SN 2002gf was found on Sept 27 at:
RA 20h 55m 17.88s DEC -00 04' 21.4" (2000) mag 19.4 9"W, 3"N
SN 2002gg was found on Oct 5 at:
RA 22h 27m 45.93s DEC _06 55' 44.7" (2000) mag 20.0 6"SE
SN 2002gh was found on Oct 5 at:
RA 03h 05m 29.46s DEC -05 21' 57.0" (2000) mag 19.3 8.7"E, 6"N

SUPERNOVAE 2002gi, 2002gj, 2002gk, 2002gl, 2002gm
Astronomers involved with the Supernova Cosmology Project have
reported the discovery of five supernovae, all fainter than
magnitude 20, on Cerro Tololo 4-m telescope images of 2002 May 7
and May 8. Further details have appeared on IAUC 7993.

SUPERNOVAE 2002gn, go, gp, gq, gr, gs, gt, gu, 2002gv
Astronomers at University of Washington have reported detection of
nine supernovae via the Sloan Digital Sky Survey on Oct 10 using
the SDSS 2.5-m telescope at Apache Point. All are in anonymous
galaxies and the supernovae at mag r=19.8 or fainter according to
IAUC 7994.

SUPERNOVA 2002gw IN NGC 922
Takao Doi (USA) and L. A. G. Monard (South Africa) have
independently found a possible supernova in NGC 922 at:
RA 02h 25m 02.97s DEC -24 47' 50.6" (2000), 21"W and 33"S of the
nucleus of NGC 922. Doi's first image was Oct 13.27UT at mag 17.3
(0.30-m telescope + CCD no filter). Monard first recorded it on Oct
16.03UT at 17.6 using similar equipment according to IAUC 7995.

SUPERNOVA 2002gx IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
W. M. Wood-Vasey et.al., have reported on IAUC 7995 the discovery
of a possible supernova of mag 19 on NEAT images of 2002 October 13
with the Palomar 1.2-m Schmidt at:
RA 02h 31m 44.69s DEC +40 16' 39.5" (2000), 6"E and 7"S of the
nucleus.

Guy M Hurst