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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2061      2004 Nov 26 19.15UT
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
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SUPERNOVA 2004fz IN NGC 783
On November 14 an e-mail timed at 03.58UT was received from Tom Boles of 
Coddenham, England indicating he had found an apparent supernova opf 
magnitude 16.5 in NGC 783 during the course of the UK Nova/Supernova 
Patrol.

The discovery was made from a series of 10 unfiltered CCD images taken 
on Nov 14.085UT using a 0.35-m Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.
The following position was derived:
RA 02h 01m 06.41s DEC +31 52' 44.2" (2000), 2.4"W and 13.0"S of the 
centre of the host galaxy.

The suspect is not present on Tom's images of 2004 Aug 25, Sept. 8 and 
Oct. 5 (limiting mag 19.5) and it is not present on DSS II red (1991.711 
limiting mag 21.0) or blue plates (1993.705 limiting mag 21.5)

A further and quite independent e-mail was also received on November 14 
and timed at 09.07UT from Ron Arbour of South Wonston, England. He 
reported the same object which had been recorded on Nov 14.0842UT using 
a 0.3-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain and Starlight Xpress CCD during the 
course of the same patrol.
Ron added that the unfiltered magnitude was 15.9 against a limit for his 
discovery image of 17.5. A follow-up exposure of Nov 14.744UT showed the 
magnitude as 16.0.

The object was designated supernova 2004fz and announced on IAUC 8437. 
Congratulations to Tom on the discovery of his 80th supernova and to Ron 
on his 15th.

SUPERNOVA 2004fy NEAR MCG +15-1-10
Discovery by Puckett and Kerns of a possible supernova (IAUC 8435):
SN      2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2004fy   Nov. 10.46   11 41 14.96  +89 05 10.6 17.0   9.2"E, 5.7"S

SUPERNOVA 2004fu IN NGC 6949
The discovery of this object by Ron Arbour was announced on TA 
E-Circular 2058.

A report on IAUC 8436 by M. Modjaz et. al., Harvard-Smithsonian Center 
for Astrophysics indicates a spectrum was obtained by M. Westover on 
Nov. 10.17 UT with the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope 
indicating it is a type-Ia supernova, then several days before maximum 
light.

SUPERNOVA 2004fd IN NGC 1060
The discovery of this object by Tom Boles was reported on TA E-Circular 
2056. A follow-up report by M. Modjaz and others on IAUC 8437 suggests 
it to be a type Ia supernova from analysis of a spectrum obtained on Nov 
13.33UT.

Guy M Hurst