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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2096      2005 Mar 20 15.55UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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POSSIBLE NOVA IN NORMA
Bill Liller, Chile, reports his discovery of a possible nova in Norma 
and located at:
RA 16h 19.8m, DEC -51 35' (2000).

It was found on hyper-sensitised TP films taken with an 85mm f/1.4 Nikon 
lens with orange filter.  On 2005 March 13.309 UT, its red magnitude was 
9.4; on March 18.320 UT, its red magnitude was 8.9. It was not visible 
down to red magnitude 11 on two photos taken on March 9.37 UT.

Berto Monard, South Africa, reports the following precise position:

RA 16h 19m 45.67s DEC -51 36' 07.2" (2000)

The magnitude measurements from filtered CCD observations are
March 20.038, 9.8V; 20.040, 8.5Rc

SUPERNOVA 2005ah IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by Berto Monard of a possible supernova (IAUC 8486):
SN      2005 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2005ah  Feb. 10.77   06 00 45.77  -58 35 20.8 17.3   27" W,  8" N
The galaxy is in the cluster Abell S560

SUPERNOVA 2005ai IN NGC 2314
Discovery by Puckett and Orff of a possible supernova (IAUC 8486):
SN      2005 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2005ai  Feb. 12.23   07 10 32.76  +75 21 29.1 15.9  1.0"E, 113"N

SUPERNOVA 2005W In NGC 691
The discovery of this supernova by Yoji Hirose of Japan at magnitude 
15.2 was reported on TA E-Circular 2090.

Further CCD magnitudes by E. Prosperi, Larciano, Italy suggest it is 
brightening:

2005 Feb. 3.770 UT, 14.8; 6.808, 14.4; 10.759, 14.3.

Guy M Hurst