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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1865      2003 Mar 15 18.09UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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MACE 2003: MEETING ON ASTEROIDS AND COMETS IN EUROPE
The "Meeting on Asteroids and Comets in Europe", MACE 2003, will be
held from May 1st to 4th at the Mallorca Observatory in Spain. If
you are planning to attend and have not yet "registered", please do
so now. For this, you just have to write an email to:
mace2003@oam.es with the following details
First name:
Last name:
Institution/Observatory:
E-mail:
Comments and suggestions:
Please be reminded that the deadline for abstract submission is
April 1st.
The goals of the meeting are:
To improve the technology and techniques of observing.
To search for goals of small observatories in the future.
To continue and improve the relations and the established projects.
To connect to other observers over borders and language barriers.
For more details please visit:
http://www.oam.es/oam/mace/intro.htm

SUPERNOVA 2003br IN MCG -05-34-18
The LOTOSS team have announced their discovery of a magnitude 17.4
in MCG -05-34-18 recorded on a KAIT image of March 7.5UT according
to IAUC 8090. The position is: RA 14h 34m 34.98s DEC -27 59' 48.8"
(2000), 2.3"W and 5.5"S of the galaxy's centre.

SUPERNOVA 2003bs IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
W. M. Wood-Vasey et. al., have reported the discovery of a
magnitude 17.7 supernova on NEAT images of March 3.48UT obtained
with the Palomar 1.2-m Schmidt. The object is located at:
RA 10h 29m 44.12s DEC +25 37' 11.6" (2000), 0.8"W and 0.6"N of the
centre of the host galaxy according to IAUC 8090.

SUPERNOVA 2003bt IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
A further LOTOSS supernova discovery appears on IAUC 8091. This
magnitude 16.7 object was recorded on Tenagra II images of March
9.3UT at: RA 10h 55m 22.48s DEC -07 39' 12.3" (2000), 11.9"W and
0.1"S of the centre of the host galaxy.

SUPERNOVA 2003bu IN NGC 5393
A further LOTOSS supernova discovery has been announced on IAUC
8092. This magnitude 17.5 object was recorded on KAIT images of
March 11.5UT at: RA 14h 00m 31.45s DEC -28 52' 32.7" (2000), 7.3"W
and 3.7"S of the centre of NGC 5393.

SUPERNOVA 2003bm IN UGC 4226
The discovery of this object by Tom Boles was reported on TA E-
Circular 1861. Tom Matheson has since reported on IAUC 8091 that a
spectrum by P. Berlind of March 7.21UT shows it to be a type-Ic
supernova.

Guy M Hurst