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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1948      2003 Dec 07 19.46UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SN 2003kh IN UGC 11491
On 2003 November 27, Mark Armstrong of Rolvenden, Kent, England e-
mailed to advise us that he had detected a possible supernova of
magnitude 17.5 on multiple images of Nov 27.79745UT secured on a
single night during searches for the UK Nova/Supernova Patrol. The
object is located at:
 
RA 19h 52m 17.93s DEC +58 58' 52.5"  Mag 17.5
The limiting magnitude was 19.5. Offsets 10.9" W, 12.6" N.
 
Mark adds that nothing appears at this position on his images of
July 19 and Nov 12 (LM 19.0) nor on the POSS images. 

In a subsequent e-mail Mark advised that he had obtained a
confirmatory image on Nov 28.720UT (limiting magnitude 19.0) using
a 0.35-m Schmidt-Cassegrain.

The object was subsequently designated supernova 2003kh and
announced on IAUC 8245. Congratulations to Mark on the discovery of
his 52nd supernova. 

UZ BOOTIS
Pavol Dubovsky, of Podbiel, Slovakia, has reported a rare outburst
of the WZ Sge-type variable, UZ Bootis. On Dec 5.184, the magnitude
was estimated to be 12.8. Gary Poyner adds that the position is:
RA 14h 44m 01s  DEC +22 00' 9" (2000).

Patrick Schmeer, Germany, reports that the star was fainter than
magnitude R=17.5 and not recorded on Dec 4.545UT using the
University of Iowa, Rigel Telescope (0.37-m Cassegrain).

The last confirmed outburst was in 1994.

Arto Oksanen, Nyrola Observatory, Finland has confirmed the
outburst on a V-filtered CCD image of Dec 6.0UT when the magnitude
was measured as 12.9.

Guy M Hurst