------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1993 2004 May 06 19.12UT 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- LUNAR ECLIPSE, 2004 MAY 4 If anyone managed to observe this event please send your reports to our planetary editor, Dr. Mark Kidger at: mrkidger@hotmail.com as soon as possible. Please also send a copy of your report to the main editor. Images are naturally welcome, but we also would like to hear from anyone who estimated the Danjon value and also obtained magnitude estimates of the Moon either by direct comparison or using reversed binoculars. SUPERNOVA 2004bj IN MCG +01-34-13 LOSS discovery of a possible supernova (IAUC 8329): SN 2004 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset 2004bj Apr.22.36 13 16 18.03 + 7 02 52.7 18.3 15.0"E, 6.3" N SUPERNOVA 2004bk IN NGC 5246 LOSS discovery of a possible supernova (IAUC 8329): SN 2004 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset 2004bk Apr.22.36 13 37 28.72 + 4 06 11.3 16.0 9.9"W, 4.8" S Guy M Hurst