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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1899      2003 Jly 30 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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S/2003 (283) 1
W. J. Merline, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) et. al., have
reported on IAUC 8165 that they discovered on July 14.6UT a
satellite of the minor planet (283) Emma from imaging with the 10-m
Keck II Telescope and also using the 8-m Very Large Telescope
UT4/YEPUN at the European Southern Observatory. The detection on
July 14.55UT showed a separation of 0.26 arc seconds (projected
separation 370km).

NOVAE IN MESSIER 31
K. Hornoch has discovered a further nova in Messier 31 on July
14.99UT at H-alpha magnitude 16.9 and located at:

RA 00h 42m 15.81s DEC +41 12' 00.5" (2000), 318"W and 252"S of the
galaxy's nucleus.     

M. Fiaschi, F. Di Mille and D. Tiverson have also reported their
detection of two novae in this galaxy at H-alpha magnitude 15.9 and
14.9 respectively:
2003                                  
July 19.986   0 42 41.10  +41 18 32.0    36" W, 144" N
July 19.986   0 42 45.10  +41 17 53.7     9" E, 105" N

These details were extracted from IAUC 8165.

EDITORIAL
Further to the announcement on TA E-Circular 1898, workloads this
week prevent any significant attempt to clear the e-mail backlog
arising from my recent holidays.

Although some 600 messages were deleted from the Demon server as
'obvious' spam, 1,290 remain to be investigated. If anyone has sent
an urgent message, such as a possible discovery, please re-send
with 'URGENT' in the subject line.

I am most grateful to Nick James and other TA staff for monitoring
matters during my absence.

Guy M Hurst