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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2424      2008 Feb 22 18.48UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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QSO 0133+476
S. Yoshida, Japan, writes that the quasar 0133+476 (also known as DA 55; 
cf. Veron-Cetty and Veron 2001, "A Catalogue of Quasars and Active 
Nuclei (10th edition)", see:
http://www.obs-hp.fr/www/catalogues/veron2_10/table1A_v10.dat;
RA 01h 36m 58.6s DEC+47 51' 29" (2000) has been found to be notably 
bright, as indicated by the following CCD magnitudes provided by members 
of Yoshida's MISAO project (all using an SBIG ST-8 camera): 2000 Dec. 
1.47 UT, 16.2 (N. Ohkura, 500-mm camera lens);
2001 Dec. 11.46, 15.5 (Ohkura); 2002 Jan. 2.40, 16.6 (Ohkura);
2007 Sept. 12.81, 15.4 (Y. Nakashima, 7.6-cm f/6.6 refractor);
2007 Oct. 6.75, 15.3 (N. Ohkura and Y.Nakashima, 7.6-cm f/6.6 
refractor); 2007 Nov. 11.63, 14.1 (Nakashima);
Dec. 3.52, 14.9 (Nakashima)
The USNO-A2.0 catalogue lists this quasar at red mag 18.3 and blue mag 
18.5. Yoshida provides finding charts and MISAO images at 
http://www.aerith.net/misao/variable/MisV1436.html

SUPERNOVA 2008X IN NGC 4141
The discovery of this object by Tom Boles was announced on TA E-Circular 
2419. S. Blondin et al. add that a spectrum of Feb. 8.43 UT by Calkins, 
shows it to be a type-II-plateau supernova, 3-4 weeks past explosion.

SUPERNOVA 2008T IN UGC 3304
Discovery by Winslow, Li and Filippenko of a possible supernova (CBET 
1237):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008T   Jan 17.30   05 25 28.96  +21 51 33.4  18.2     4.6"W,11.3"N

SUPERNOVAE 2008U IN UGC 8917
Discovery by Winslow, Li and Filippenko of a possible supernova (CBET 
1238):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008U   Jan.20.56   13 59 48.27  +40 22 51.6  18.4     5.0"E, 4.3"S
The offset for 2008U is relative to the eastern component of the 
interacting galaxy pair

SUPERNOVA 2008V IN NGC 1591
Discovery by Winslow, Li and Filippenko of a possible supernova (CBET 
1238):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008V   Feb. 6.21   04 29 31.30  -26 42 39.8  16.8     9.6"E, 8.2"N

SUPERNOVA 2008W IN MCG -03-22-7
Discovery by Winslow, Li and Filippenko of a possible supernova (CBET 
1238):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008W   Feb. 6.33   08 36 19.22  -20 16 52.5  17.5     7.9"W,14.2"N

SUPERNOVA 2008Y IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by J. Newton and T. Puckett, USA of a possible supernova (CBET 
1240):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008Y   Feb. 6.34   11 19 30.57  +54 27 46.2  17.7     2.4"W, 6.9"N

SUPERNOVA 2008Z IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by T. Puckett and R. Gagliano, USA of a possible supernova 
(CBET 1243):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008Z   Feb. 7.26   09 43 15.25  +36 17 03.9  17.2     2.1"W, 6.9"S
Guy M Hurst