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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2176      2005 Dec 08 17.12UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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NOVA IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD 2005
Bill Liller, Chile, has reported a possible nova in the Large Magellanic 
Cloud and located at:
RA 05h 10.6m, DEC -69 13' (2000).  He found the object on two films 
taken on 2005 November 26.164 UT using a 0.2m Schmidt camera plus Kodak 
TP film, no filter.  Its magnitude is approximately
11.5.

Bill adds that it seems to be present at about mag 12.8 on a film taken 
Nov. 22.065. Nothing brighter than 13th magnitude appears at this 
position on earlier photographs, the most recent taken on 2005 Nov. 20. 
The  candidate is near the compact cluster NGC 1856.

Alexandre Amorium, Florianopolis, Brazel confirms an object of magnitude 
11.9 was seen at this position on Nov 27.9701UT using a 0.143-m 
reflector at x112.

B. Allen, New Zealand, has reported a precise position from a CCD image 
of Nov 27.41:
RA 05h 10m 33.79s DEC -69 12' 35.2" V = 12.6

On IAUC 8635, F. M. Walter, Stony Brook University; A. Pasten, Cerro 
Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO); and H. E. Bond, Space Telescope 
Science Institute, report that a low-resolution spectrogram obtained on 
Nov. 28.28 UT with the SMARTS/CTIO 1.5-m telescope (+ RC spectrograph), 
shows strong H_alpha emission (equivalent width -4.1 nm). The new object 
thus appears to be a classical nova near maximum.

SUPERNOVA 2005kv IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by 'Nearby Supernova Factory' of a possible supernova (IAUC 
8635):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005kv  Nov. 19.5   08 34 11.15  +06 16 34.9  19.2      --

SUPERNOVA 2005kw IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by 'Nearby Supernova Factory' of a possible supernova (IAUC 
8635):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005kw  Nov. 19.5   09 36 06.05  +24 24 13.8  20.0      --

SUPERNOVA 2005kx IN NGC 3197
Discovery by T.Puckett and J. Tigner of a possible supernova (IAUC 
8635):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005kx  Nov. 26.39  10 14 26.09  +77 49 19.4  17.3   5.1"W, 6.2"N

Guy M Hurst