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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2455      2008 Jun 15 16.00UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVA 2008cm IN NGC 2369
Discovery by Berto Monard of a possible supernova (CBET 1384):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008cm  May 24.73   07 16 38.75  -62 18 52.9  16.4     9  "E, 105"N
Nothing is visible at this position in Digitised Sky Survey images 
(limiting red mag 20.5) or on Monard's image taken on Apr. 24.733 
(limiting mag 18.5).

SUPERNOVA 2008cn IN NGC 4603
Discovery by R.Martin, Perth Observatory, of a possible supernova (CBET 
1385):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008cn  May 21.52   12 40 55.66  -40 58 12.1  15.3     4.7"E,23.2"N
Additional CCD magnitudes for 2008cn:  2007 Apr. 14, [18.5 (Martin); 
2008 May 8.803, [18.8 (L. A. G. Monard, Pretoria, S. Africa); 26.783, 
15.9 +/- 0.3 (Monard).

Guy M Hurst