------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1876 2003 Apr 12 18.40UT 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 WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.theastronomer.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPERNOVA 2003cx IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY W. M. Wood-Vasey reports a possible supernova of magnitude 19.1 on NEAT images of 2003 March 31.42UT at: RA 13h 57m 06.46s DEC -17 02' 22.6" (2000), 1.0"W and 2.6"S of the centre of the host galaxy according to IAUC 8105. SUPERNOVA 2003cy IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY Wood-Vasey also reports a further magnitude 19.0 supernova candidate from NEAT images of March 30.14UT at: RA 10h 46m 04.27s DEC +27 20' 57.2" (2000), 4.4"E and 3.3"S of the nucleus of the host galaxy according to IAUC 8106. SUPERNOVA 2003cz IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY Yet another supernova has been reported by Wood-Vasey. This object, of magnitude 20.2, was detected on NEAT images of 2003 April 2.14UT at: RA 12h 05m 53.57s DEC +33 27' 13.0" (2000), 6.8"E and 1.2"N of the galaxy's centre. (IAUC 8106) SUPERNOVA 2003bv IN MCG +07-15-15 TA E-Circular 1866 carried details of this discovery by Tom Boles. Tom Matheson et. al., report that a spectrum by L. Macri obtained on 2003 March 25.17UT shows it to be of type-II. Further details have appeared on IAUC 8106. SUPERNOVA 2003cp IN MCG +10-12-78 Further to the announcement on TA E-Circular 1872 of the discovery of this object by Mark Armstrong, Tom Matheson has reported on IAUC 8105 that a spectrum by P. Berlind, obtained on April 1.18UT, shows it to resemble a type-Ia supernova, several weeks past maximum. SUPERNOVA 2003cq IN NGC 3978 TA E-Circular 1873 provided details of this discovery by Ron Arbour. A spectrum by M. Calkins on April 3.28UT shows it to be a type-Ia supernova near maximum according to IAUC 8106. Guy M Hurst