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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2286      2006 Dec 06 15.36UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
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SUPERNOVA 2006ow IN UGC 3908
Further to the announcement on TA E-Circular 2283 of this supernova 
discovery by Tom Boles during the course of the UK Nova/Supernova 
Patrol, a further note has appeared on CBET 765 in which J. M. 
Silverman, D. Wong, A. V. Filippenko, and R. Chornock, University of 
California, Berkeley, report that inspection of CCD spectra (range 
330-1050 nm), obtained on 2006 Dec. 1 UT with the Shane 3-m telescope (+ 
Kast) at Lick Observatory, shows that 2006ow is a type-Ia supernova, 
roughly two weeks past maximum brightness.

The discovery has now also been announced on IAUC 8781 issued on Dec 4.

SUPERNOVA 2006ou IN UGC 6588
Discovery by Puckett and Peoples of a possible supernova (IAUC 8781):
SN      2006 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006ou  Nov. 22.41  11 37 13.10  +15 26 07.3  16.0    5.9"W,  9.6"N
Type-Ia around a month past maxiumum.

SUPERNOVA 2006ov IN MESSIER 61 (NGC 4303)
Discovery by K. Itagaki of a possible supernova (IAUC 8781):
SN      2006 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006ov  Nov. 24.86  12 21 55.30  +04 29 16.7  14.9    5.5"E, 51"  N
Itagaki reports that nothing is visible at the location of 2006ov on the 
Digital Sky Survey. It is a type-II supernova, also about a month past 
maximum

Guy M Hurst