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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2002      2004 Jun 03 20.03UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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COMET P/2004 K2 (MCNAUGHT)
Rob McNaught, Australia has reported his discovery of a magnitude 17.7 
comet found on CCD images of May 20.8UT using the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt 
telescope at Siding Spring:
RA 23h 24m 13.21s DEC -01 31' 06.4" (2000).

In response to an announcement on the NEO Confirmation Page, according 
to IAUC 8348 J. Young obtained confirmation on May 25.5UT.

SUPERNOVA 2004bv IN NGC 6907
S. Nakano, Japan, reports the discovery on IAUC 8344 by R. Kushida of 
Yatsugatake South Base Observatory, of a possible magnitude 15.6 
supernova in NGC 6907 on unfiltered CCD images of May 24.70UT with
a 0.40-m Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector.  A follow-up image by Kushida on 
May 25.77 showed the new object at mag 15.3. It is located at:
RA 20h 25m 06.34s DEC -24 48'53.7" (2000), 3.8"W and 20.7"S of the host 
galaxy.

SUPERNOVA 2004bw In MCG +00-38-19
LOSS discovery of a possible supernova (IAUC 8345):
SN      2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2004bw  May.26.39    15 03 46.75  - 3 18 16.4  17.8 22.1"E, 7.2" S

SUPERNOVA 2004bx
This designation announced on IAUC 8347 relates to a discovery using the 
Hubble Space Telescope of an object fainter than magnitude 20.

SUPERNOVA 2004bs IN NGC 3323
The object found by Mark Armstrong and reported on TA E-Circular 1997 
has been found to be of type-Ib from a spectrum obtained on May 19.87UT 
at Calar Alto Observatory according to G. Pignata et. al. (IAUC 8344).

SUPERNOVA 2004bu In UGC 10089
The discovery details for this object found by Tom Boles appeared on TA 
E-Circular 1999. Foley et. al. have reported on IAUC 8345 that CCD 
spectra show the object to be of type I although analysis was impaired 
by reduced coverage due to a mechanical fault with the spectrograph.

Guy M Hurst