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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2005      2004 Jun 23 10.39UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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COMET C/2004 K3 (LINEAR)
Peter Birtwhistle, Great Shefford, England, has responded to the NEO 
Confirmation Page on an apparent asteroid detected by LINEAR (IAUC 8350) 
as follows:
2004 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.       Mag.
May  29.34561   20 39 47.43   +38 05 13.0   19.3
He finds the object of cometary appearance with a coma of 12" diameter 
and a hint of a 9" wide extension in PA 090deg.

SUPERNOVA 2004bz IN MCG +02-56-25
LOSS discovery of a possible supernova (IAUC 8350):
SN      2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2004bz  June  2.46   22 15 01.05  +15 24 16.6  18.3 32.2"W,12.3" N

SUPERNOVA 2004ca IN UGC 11799
LOSS discovery of a possible supernova (IAUC 8350):
SN      2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2004ca  June  2.47   21 43 32.84  +43 41 33.0  18.2 24.8"W, 6.2" S

SUPERNOVA 2004cb IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Berto Monard, South Africa, reports his discovery of a supernova in an 
edge-on galaxy using a 0.30-m telescope according to IAUC 8350:
SN       2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2004cb  May  12.80   13 43 48.52  -29 44 59.2  15.8 10"W, 21"S

SUPERNOVA 2004cc IN NGC 4568
LOSS discovery of a possible supernova (IAUC 8350):
SN      2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2004cc  June 10.26   12 36 34.40  +11 14 32.8  17.5  1.9"E,12.8" N

SUPERNOVAE 2004cd, 2004ce, 2004cf, 2004cg
M. Riello, European Southern Observatory (ESO) has reported the 
discovery of four supernova on IAUC 8352 which all have R=22.4 or 
fainter.

SUPERNOVA 2004ch IN NGC 5612
R. Martin, Perth Observatory, has reported on IAUC 8353 the discovery of 
a mag 16 possible supernova in NGC 5612 on a CCD exposure of May 12.62UT 
during the Perth Automated Supernova Search programme. The object is 
located at:
RA 14h 34m 06.27s DEC -78 23'09.5" (2000). 62.5"E and 8.0"N of the host 
galaxy's nucleus.

SUPERNOVA 2004bu IN UGC 10089
Since the initial report by Foley et. al. of a spectral analysis of this 
object found by Tom Boles, further spectra by the same group obtained on 
June 13 with the Shane 3-m telescope shows it to be similar to the 
peculiar type-Ic supernovae, 1998bw and 2002ap.
Supernova 1998bw was found to be associated with a Gamma Ray Burster 
although this has not so far been proved with supernova 2002ap despite 
similarity of their spectra. Clearly this find by Tom Boles is of a very 
important object needing further investigation.

EDITORIAL NOTICE
I very much regret the slowness in recent weeks of the issue of 
E-Circulars. This was due to the illness of a member of the family and 
my frequent visits to hospital. We now hope to catch up on announcements 
but be prepared for a high volume of circulars!

Guy M Hurst