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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2437      2008 Apr 10 15.46UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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EDITOR'S ABSENCE
The editor will be attending and giving a lecture at the AAVSO/BAA 
Meeting in Cambridge this Saturday and will return Sunday (April 13). 
Once again it is hoped a TA stand will be at this event and I look 
forward to meeting those readers who plan to attend.

If during Saturday/Sunday there are any potential discovery reports 
please telephone or e-mail Nick James whose contact details are in each 
issue of the magazine. If you are unable to make contact, in an 
emergency, please contact the editor on the following mobile telephone 
number: 07905332226

Regardless of who is contacted please *additionally* also e-mail the 
editor's mailbox in confirmation.

UK CONTRIBUTIONS TO PARTICLE PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Further to the note on TA E-Circular 2403 and subsequent circulars, the 
Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view 
it here: http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page15216.asp

SUPERNOVA 2008bh IN NGC 2642
Discovery by LOSS and CHASE of a possible supernova (CBET 1311):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008bh  Mar. 23.16  08 40 46.15  -04 07 09.3  16.3    26.2"E, 8.7"N

SUPERNOVA 2008bi IN NGC 2618
Discovery by CHASE of a possible supernova (CBET 1312):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008bi  Mar. 22.02  08 35 53.39  +00 42 23.1  15.9     2.0"W, 2.6"S

Guy M Hurst