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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1944      2003 Nov 30 19.31UT
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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OCCULTATION OF TYC 1316-01140-1 BY 102 MIRIAM
Andrew Elliott, Warton, Preston, England reports his successful
video-recorded positive occultation of the above event, the first
he has recorded on video in 18 years of attempts.

The event took place on 2003 November 23 and was seen from his
observing site at: 
Lat 53º 44' 25.2"N   Long 002º 54' 24.9"W  Elevation +13m
Disappearance:  01:08:37.9 } UT +/- 0.1 sec
Reappearance :  01:08:48.3 }
Duration     :  10.4 sec      Magnitude drop:  1.6
Telescope:  0.26-m f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain.

This may be the first ever video-recorded event of a positive
occultation by an asteroid from England and we offer our sincere
congratulations to Andrew of this marvellous achievement.

SUPERNOVA 2003jh IN MCG -02-11-30
A further LOTOSS discovery of a possible supernova has been
reported on IAUC 8236. The new object was first detected on KAIT
images of 2003 October 29.4UT at magnitude 17.8.
It is located at:
RA 4h 16m 37.30s DEC -12 23' 32.9" (2000), 12.4"W, 21.9"N of the
nucleus of MCG -02-11-30.

SUPERNOVAE 2003ji-2003jy
The ESSENCE project team have reported supernovae allocated the
above designations recorded Oct 20-30 with the Blanco 4-m
telescope. All have R magnitudes of 19.8 or fainter according to
IAUC 8237 and IAUC 8238.

Guy M Hurst