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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2213      2006 Mar 28 15.51UT
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 NEAR UGC 3664
Tim Puckett (via IAUC 8688) and Giovanni Sostero (direct to TA) report 
the discovery of a variable object of mag 18.1 on CCD images taken with 
a 0.50-m reflector at Ellijay, GA, on 2006 Mar. 16.02UT in the course of 
the Puckett Observatory Supernova Search. It was confirmed on Mar 
17.02UT at mag 18.1.
The position is:
RA 07h 05m 35.65s DEC +33 47' 42.3" (2000), which is 26" E and 118" S of 
the centre of the galaxy UGC 3664.

Jack Newton has reported a pre-discovery image of Mar 5.15UT showing it 
at magnitude 17.3. It was not, however, present on Tim Puckett's image 
of Feb 7 to a limit of magnitude 19.0 nor on the Palomar Sky Survey 
plates from 1953 Nov. 11-1999 Nov. 9.

Giovanni Sostero reports to TAHQ that the transient has also been 
confirmed by images obtained on 2006 March 16.9 UT by Mario e Virgilio 
Gonano (Remanzacco Observatory, Italy) and Giovanni
Benintende (Catania, Italy) at magnitude 18.0.

SUPERNOVA 2006at IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by B. Dintinjana and Herman Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory of a 
possible supernova (IAUC 8687):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006at  Mar.  8.055 13 12 41.11  +63 16 45.4  17.1   8.0"E, 10.5"N
The host galaxy is evidently difficult to identify due to its very 
diffuse nature on survey photographs.

SUPERNOVA 2006au IN UGC 11057
Discovery by O. Trondal, P. Luckas and M. Schwartz of a possible 
supernova (IAUC 8687):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006au  Mar.  7.20  17 57 13.56  +12 11 03.2  17.2  17.0"W, 18.2"N

Guy M Hurst