------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1991 2004 Apr 18 14.15UT 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 WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.theastronomer.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPERNOVA 2004bi IN UGC 5894 LOSS discovery of a possible supernova (IAUC 8321): SN 2004 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset 2004bi Apr.13.23 10 47 37.45 +26 18 12.0 18.7 25.8"W,32.1" N SUPERNOVA 2004bg IN UGC 6363 The discovery of this object by Mark Armstrong was reported on TA E-Circular 1987. Subsequently a report by Tom Matheson et.al., has appeared on IAUC 8321 in which they relay that a spectrum was obtained by P.Berlind on Apr 11.39UT with the Mt. Hopkins 1.5-m telescope showing it to be a type-Ia supernova near maximum. Guy M Hurst