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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2238      2006 Jun 17 15.02UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
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TA AWARDS VOLUME 42
It is once again time to invite all readers and subscribers to vote on 
the contents of the last volume, number 42, which covered the period 
from 2005 May to 2006 April.

As before two votes are needed:
Best contributor to the COVER material in volume 42 (The 'Alan Young' 
award).

Best OVERALL contributor to the magazine and 'TA' in general, including 
our WWW site. (The 'George Alcock' award).

The editor wishes to encourage as many people as possible to vote by 
e-mail.

We apologise for some references in the June issue of 'The Astronomer' 
to volume 41 which should have read volume 42.

SUPERNOVA 2006cx IN NGC 7316
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (IAUC 8721):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006cx  June  8.46  22 35 56.45  +20 19 17.1  17.4    1.6"E, 3.5"S
Type-II

SUPERNOVA 2006cy IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by R. Quimby and P. Mondol of a possible supernova (IAUC 
8721):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006cy  June  9.22  13 08 01.23  +26 06 59.0  17.2    2.3"E,13.1"S
Type-IIn

SUPERNOVA 2006cz IN MCG -01-38-2
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (IAUC 8721):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006cz  June 14.29  14 48 36.66  -04 44 30.7  17.4    0.8"E,19.8"S

Guy M Hurst