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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1892      2003 Jun 30 15.41UT
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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SUPERNOVA 2003fa (=VARIABLE STAR NEAR MCG +07-36-33)
This object was initially announced on IAUC 8140 by Weisz and Li as
a LOTOSS/KAIT discovery of a magnitude 18.6 object first recorded
on 2003 June 1.4UT 9.5"W and 48.9"N of the centre of the galaxy
MCG+07-36-33. The object had been fainter than magnitude 19.0 on
May 22.4UT but its nature was not clearly established.

Subsequently Tom Matheson et. al., Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics reported on IAUC 8142 that P. Berlind obtained a
spectrum on June 5.42UT with the Mount Hopkins telescope showing it
to be a type-Ia supernova well before maximum. The position is:
RA 17h 44m 07.72s DEC +40 52' 51.6" (2000).

SUPERNOVAE 2003fb IN UGC 11522
Papenkova and Li have reported on IAUC 8141 the detection on
LOTOSS/KAIT images of a supernova:

SN      2003 UT       R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.  Mag.      Offset
2003fb  June 5.5   20 11 50.33  + 5 45 37.6  18.6  14".5 E, 12".6 S

SUPERNOVAE 2003fc IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Papenkova and Li report on the same IAUC another supernova:

SN      2003 UT       R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.  Mag.      Offset
2003fc  June 5.5   20 08 22.08  -17 36 30.5  18.4  2".2 W, 7".4 N

SUPERNOVA 2003fd In UGC 8670
Tim Puckett and D. Ireland, USA, have reported their detection of a
possible supernova in UGC 8670 which, according to IAUC 8147, was
also detected by Papenkova and Li (see earlier). First detection by
KAIT was on June 9.2UT at magnitude 17.8 and located at:
RA 13h 41m 43.70s DEC +40 52' 38.5" (2000), 16.2"E and 9.4"N of the
nucleus of UGC 8670.

SUPERNOVAE 2003fe, 2003ff, 2003fg, 2003fh, 2004fi, 2003fj, 2003fk
The above designations relate to supernovae listed on IAUC 8147 as
found by the Legacy Survey Supernova Project. The detections were
on 2003 March 23-24 and all are fainter than magnitude 20.

EG UMA
This variable was previously charted to 'postage stamp size' from
the IBVS but a new improved chart was issued on CSN 115 on June 5
which is now also on the TA WWW pages.  

Guy M Hurst