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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2433      2008 Mar 21 19.10UT
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 M33
Further to the note on TA E-Circular 2427, F. Di Mille et. al., 
University of Padova and others report on CBET 1284 that a spectrogram 
of this possible nova was obtained at Asiago Observatory (Istituto 
Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova) on Mar. 
2.80 UT with the 1.82-m telescope (+ AFOSC).  The spectrum shows bright 
Balmer emission lines with FWHM of about 1700 km/s.  Fe II multiplets 
(42, 49, 74), Na I D, and possible O I 777.3-nm emissions are also 
detected, confirming that this object is a nova in the early decline 
phase and belongs to the "Fe II" class of the Tololo classification 
scheme.

SUPERNOVA 2008ar IN IC 3284
Discovery by ROTSE collaboration of a possible supernova (CBET 1273):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008ar  Feb. 27.25  12 24 37.92  +10 50 17.4  16.9     5.3"E, 3.1"S
By Feb 28.25 it had brightened to mag 16.0 (unfiltered). A spectrogram 
obtained on Feb. 28.29 shows it to be a type-Ia.

SUPERNOVA 2008as IN ESO 567-G57
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1276):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008as  Feb. 29.38  10 21 47.89  -19 29 42.0  16.9     3.0"W, 0.6"S
S. Blondin, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), reports 
it to be a type-Ia about one month past maximum light.

SUPERNOVA 2008at IN UGC 5645
Discovery by J. Newton and Tim Puckett, USA, of a possible supernova 
(CBET 1277):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008at  Mar.  2.33  10 27 12.35  +71 24 56.4  16.5     4.2"E, 7.1"S

SUPERNOVAE 2008au IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery during the Catalina Sky Survey of a possible supernova (CBET 
1278):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008au  Feb. 27.33  11 30 33.95  +13 09 05.3  18.7    11.4"W, 9.0"S

SUPERNOVAE 2008av IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery during the Catalina Sky Survey of a possible supernova (CBET 
1278):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008av  Mar.  2.50  14 57 26.27  +23 23 48.3  19.1     3  "W,17  "S

SUPERNOVA 2008aw IN NGC 4939
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1279):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008aw  Mar. 2.49   13 04 14.12  -10 19 12.3  15.9     3.4"W,69.6"N

SUPERNOVA 2008ax IN NGC 4490
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1280):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008ax  Mar. 3.45   12 30 40.80  +41 38 14.5  16.1    53.1"E,25.8"S
S. Blondin, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), report 
that a spectrum obtained on Mar. 4.37 UT shows it to be a young, 
reddened, peculiar, type-II supernova. The spectrum is similar to an 
early spectrum of the peculiar type-II supernova 1987A taken on 1987 
Feb. 25 UT (i.e., roughly two days past the neutrino outburst and 82 
days before V-band maximum light.

Guy M Hurst