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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1979      2004 Mar 17 09.20UT
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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COMET C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)
Andrew Pearce, Western Australia, has reported the following visual 
estimates of this comet (m1): Mar. 9.55UT, 7.5; 10.52, 7.4; 11.52, 7.4; 
13.50, 7.3; 15.52, 7.1.

Jonathan Shanklin, observing from Rothera, Antarctica has also e-mailed 
to report an observation on Mar 5.12UT with 10x50 binoculars: m1=7.2, 
coma diameter 9 arc minutes.

SUPERNOVAE 2004ar IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey team have reported on IAUC 8302 that a 
supernova has been detected on a spectrogram of 2004 Feb 20.27UT during 
a redshift survey. The location is:
RA 09h 59m 48.1s DEC +11 28' 25" (2000).
The r magnitude is 18.3.

SUPERNOVA 2004as In ANONYMOUS GALAXY
LOSS discovery of a possible supernova (IAUC 8302):
SN      2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2004as   Mar. 11.31  11 25 39.18  +22 49 49.4  17.3   4.7"E, 2.9"S

SUPERNOVA 2004at IN MCG +10-16-37
LOSS discovery of a possible supernova (IAUC 8302):
SN      2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2004at   Mar. 12.30  10 58 45.18  +59 29 12.0  17.7  12.6"W, 0.1"S

Guy M Hurst