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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2123      2005 Jun 27 18.54UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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VARIABLE STAR IN NORMA
G. Pojmanski, ASAS, reports detection of a variable star on survey 
images and located at:
RA 16h00m48s DEC -48 46.2' (2000)
ASAS-V magnitudes from IAUC 8539:
2005 June 4.32UT, [14; 9.08, 12.57; 9.23, 12.66; 9.28, 12.82; 9.29, 
12.67; 9.32, 12.81.
There is a USNO-A1 star of red magnitude 18.4 at end figures:
RA 48.233s DEC 07.21" (2000)

Berto Monard, South Africa, reports a precise position for June 9.87UT 
of:
RA 16h 00m 47.43s DEC -48 46' 07.6" (2000)

SUPERNOVA 2005cg IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by ROTSE of a possible supernova (IAUC 8537):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005cg  Jun   2.04  21 10 50.42  +00 12 07.4  18.2   0.7"N, 0.4"W
Found by 0.45-m ROTSE-IIIc telescope at 'High-Energy Stereoscopic 
Systems' site in Namibia. On June 3.03UT the supernova brightened to 
17.7.

SUPERNOVA 2005ch IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by ROTSE of a possible supernova (IAUC 8539):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005ch  Jun   8.83  14 22 06.77  +01 59 35.7  15.8   0.9"N, 3.1"E
Recorded by ROTSE- IIIC (Namibia) and ROTSE-IIIa Siding Spring 
Observatory.
The Catalina Sky Survey team reported on IAUC 8540 that there is a 
pre-discovery image of this object obtained on May 31.27-31.29UT when 
V=17.3-17.4.

Guy M Hurst