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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2012      2004 Jly 02 17.33UT
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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VARIABLE OBJECT IN HERCULES
Further to TA E-Circulars 2007 and 2008, an announcement has now 
appeared on IAUC 8363 advising that Tom Matheson et. al., 
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have obtained a spectrogram 
on June 23.3UT with the Mount Hopkins 1.5-m telescope showing it to be a 
cataclysmic variable.

Various messages received also suggest the object may be a member of the 
rare class of WZ Sge variable.

Hitoshi Yamaoka, Japan reports that he I has examined Itagaki-san's 
unfiltered CCD image taken on July 1.67 UT when the new variable was mag 
about 15.5.
The astrometry with respect to 211 UCAC-2 stars (fitting RMS is about 
0".07 for each coordinate) yield:
RA 18h 39m 26.171s, DEC +26 04' 09.63" (2000)
It is somewhat southeast of the position measured with June 17.56 UT 
when it was mag about 12.3.  The fitting error is also about 0".07 for 
each coordinates (vsnet-alert 8184).
18:39:26.152, +26:04:09.89 (J2000.0)  -- June 17.
It is possible that a 2MASS star near the CV affects the position;
2MASS  18:39:26.19 +26:04:08.8 J=13.399 H=12.853 K=12.542 .
Thus, it seems that the CV is probably the other one than the 2MASS
star.  If so, the quiescent counterpart should be dimmer than mag about 
19-20.
VS Alert 8212

SUPERNOVA 2004cw IN ESO 184-75
C. Jaques (Brazil) discovery of a possible supernova (IAUC 8362):
SN      2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2004cw  June 13.24   19 30 57.45  -53 32 28.7  16.6 11.4"W, 8.3" N

SUPERNOVA 2004cx IN NGC 7755
Berto Monard (South Africa) discovery of a possible SN (IAUC 8362):
SN      2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2004cx  June 26.06   23 47 52.86  -30 31 32.6  17.0 14"  E, 17"  S

Guy M Hurst