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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2069      2004 Dec 20 20.08UT
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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GRB041218: OPTICAL COUNTERPART
On GCN 2878, Alessandro Monfardini at JMU/Liverpool Robotic Telescope, 
C. Mottram (Liverpool), C. Guidorzi, (Liverpool), E. Rol (Leicester), C. 
Mundell (Liverpool), I. Steele (Liverpool), R. Smith (Liverpool), A. 
Gomboc (Ljubljana) report:

"We observed the afterglow of GRB041218 with the 2.0m Liverpool
Telescope on La Palma. We obtained RI imaging commencing 4.3 hours after 
the burst under poor seeing conditions. We report R and I estimates:
I = 20.1 +/- 0.2 mag at Dec 18.840  (exposure time = 2x120s)
R = 20.6 +/- 0.2 mag at Dec 18.837  (exposure time = 2x120s)

SUPERNOVA 2004gn IN NGC 4527
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (IAUC 8448):
SN      2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2004gn   Dec. 1.57    12 34 12.10  +02 39 34.4 16.6  55.0"E,21.4"N

SUPERNOVA 2004go IN IC270
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (IAUC 8448):
SN      2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2004go   Nov.18.32    02 55 41.76  -14 14 14.5 16.5  34.8"W,105.7"S

SUPERNOVA 2004gp
Discovery by SuperMACHO collaboration of a supernova (IAUC 8450):
SN      2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2004gp   Oct.19.      04 53 38.96  -68 47 02.8 21.0   0.3"E, 0.1"N
A spectrum confirms it is a type-II supernova.

SUPERNOVA 2004gq IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by LOSS/KAIT and Manzini (Italy) of a supernova (IAUC 8452):
SN      2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2004gq   Dec.11.36    05 12 04.81  -15 40 54.2 15.5  22.3"E,22.4"N
No galaxy is mentioned in the IAUC. A spectrum of Dec 12 indicates it is 
a type Ic.

SUPERNOVA 2004gr IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (IAUC 8452):
SN      2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2004gr   Dec.11.57    11 26 15.02  +27 52 06.7 17.9   9.2"W, 5.5"N
A spectrum suggests this may be a type II-P a month after maximum. It is 
presumed the object is in an anonymous galaxy.

Guy M Hurst