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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2108      2005 Apr 29 00.00UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVA 2005bj IN MCG +03-43-5
On 2005 April 11, we received an e-mail from Tom Boles of Coddenham, 
England indicating he had found a possible supernova in the galaxy MCG 
+-3-43-5 during searches for the UK Nova/Supernova Patrol.

This was first recorded at magnitude 17.7 on an unfiltered CCD image of 
2005 April 11.096UT obtained with a 0.35-m Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.

The new object is located at:
RA 16h 49m 44.74s DEC +17 51' 48.7" (2000), 12.0"E and 3.5"S of the 
centre of host galaxy. The suspect is not present on Tom's images of 
2004 May 22 and July 5 (limiting mag 19.5) and it is not visible on DSS 
II red (1992.334 limiting mag 21.0) nor blue plates (1991.371 limiting 
mag 20.5)

In a further e-mail received on April 12, Tom reported that he had 
obtained confirmation on an image of April 12.014UT with positional end 
figures of: RA 44.75s DEC 48.7".

The object was designated Supernova 2005bj and announced on IAUC 8511. 
Congratulations to Tom on the discovery of his 89th supernova.

V2361 CYGNI
Mike Bode et. al., Liverpool John Moores University have reported V 
magnitudes of this nova from CCD images obtained with the 2-m Liverpool 
telescope at La Palma:

March 17.23UT, 18.80; 18.21, 18.80; 29.18, 18.55; 30.18, 18.30; April 
2.17, 18.38.

Guy M Hurst