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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1945      2003 Dec 02 17.10UT
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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(65803) 1996 GT
P. Pravec, Ondrejov Observatory (speaker at the 2003 TA AGM:
editor) and others report that photometric observations -- obtained
during Nov. 20-24 at Ondrejov and elsewhere show that (65803) is a
binary system with an orbital period of 11.9 hr.  The primary
rotates with a period of 2.26 hr, and its lightcurve amplitude of
0.10 mag is indicative of a nearly spheroidal shape. Preliminary
estimates of the diameters, based on images at 15-m resolution, are
approximately 800 and approximately 150m.

SUPERNOVA 2003ka IN MCG +06-50-20
A LOSS/KAIT supernova detection in the galaxy MCG +06-50-20 has
been reported on IAUC 8241:
SN       2003 UT       R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2003ka   Nov. 16.2    23 03 43.28  +34 58 50.3  18.1  7.3"W, 7.9"S

SUPERNOVA 2003kb In UGC 3432
A further LOTOSS/KAIT supernova detection, this time in UGC 3432,
has also been reported on IAUC 8241:
SN       2003 UT       R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2003kb   Nov. 18.5     6 16 12.59  +57 03 12.9  18.0  8.4"W, 7.0"N

SUPERNOVA 2003kc IN MCG +05-23-37
IAUC 8242 carries details of a further LOTOSS supernova discovery
on images of MCG +05-23-37 obtained on Nov 21.6UT. The new object
is of magnitude 18.8 and located at:
RA 9h 46m 34.32s DEC +30o 39' 19.0" (2000), which is 5.4"W and
8.2"N of the parent galaxy's nucleus.

SUPERNOVA 2003kd IN UGC 2468
A further LOTOSS supernova has been reported on IAUC 8243, this
time in UGC 2468:
SN       2003 UT       R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2003kd   Nov. 23.3    3 00 45.80  +44 27 13.0   17.1   0.6"W, 6.7"N

SUPERNOVA 2003ke IN MCG +06-22-9
A further LOTOSS supernova has been reported on IAUC 8243, this
time in MCG +06-22-9:
SN       2003 UT       R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2003ke   Nov. 23.6    9 45 52.96  +34 41 01.4   18.2   9.3"E, 7.0"S

SUPERNOVA 2003jz IN UGC 5225
Discovery details for this object, found by Mark Armstrong,
appeared on TA E-Circular 1941.

Tom Matheson et. al., Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
report that a spectrum (range 370-750 nm) obtained by L. Macri on
2003 Nov. 20.50UT with the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m
telescope shows it to be a type-Ia supernova a few weeks past
maximum according to IAUC 8242.

Guy M Hurst