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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2457      2008 Jun 16 18.16UT
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 away and unavailable from this Wednesday June 18 and 
will return on June 25. During that period in the event of any urgent 
messages eg discoveries, please contact Nick James, assistant editor, 
whose contact details are in each magazine. Please additionally send an 
e-mail to the editor's mailbox for review on my return.

SUPERNOVA 2008cs IN IRAS 17138-1017
This designation relates to a faint supernova found in near-infrared 
images by E. Kankare et. al. South African Astronomical Observatory 
according to CBET 1390.

SUPERNOVA 2008ct IN UGC 11878
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1394):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008ct  May 31.48   22 02 24.48  +18 19 21.4  19.1    23.4"E,14.0"N

SUPERNOVA 2008cu IN UGC 11419
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1394):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008cu  Jun  1.45   19 14 16.96  +53 43 50.5  18.7    11.5"W, 0.9"N

SUPERNOVA 2008cv IN ESO 598-G22
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1394):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008cv  Jun  2.46   21 04 55.31  -21 43 49.5  17.0     6.7"W, 0.1"S

SUPERNOVA 2008cw IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by ROTSE of a possible supernova (CBET 1395):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008cw  Jun  1.33   16 32 38.27  +41 27 33.2  18.5     1.3"E, 2.4"N
A spectrum obtained on June 3.15 with the 9.2-m Hobby-Eberly Telescope 
shows it to be a supernova, the spectral features being roughly similar 
to those of the peculiar type-Ib supernova 2005bf at 32 days before 
maximum light.

SUPERNOVA 2008cx IN NGC 309
Discovery by Berto Monard, South Africa of a possible supernova (CBET 
1399):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008cx  Jun  5.15   00 56 45.9   -09 54 19.0  17.7:   48  "E,32  "N
Nothing is visible at this position on Digitised Sky Survey images 
(limiting red mag 20.5) or on Monard's image taken on May 25.153 
(limiting mag 18.5).

SUPERNOVA 2008cy IN MCG -02-39-16
Discovery by Puckett Observatory supernova search of a possible 
supernova (CBET 1400):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008cy  Jun  6.27   15 16 52.10  -13 25 14.0  17.2     9.2"W, 6.4"S
The object was independently found by the CHASE project on images of 
June 7.09UT.

Guy M Hurst