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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2466      2008 Jly 28 15.50UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK      Backup: gmh@wdcc1.bnsc.rl.ac.uk
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(136472) MAKEMAKE = 2005 FY9
This object, discovered on 2005 March 31 by M. E. Brown, C. A. Trujillo 
and D. L. Rabinowitz at Palomar, has been categorised as a dwarf planet. 
It thus joins the dwarf planet group of Ceres, Pluto and Eris with the 
latter two also called Plutoids. The naming citation for (136472) has 
also appeared on M.P.C. 63395.

THE ASTRONOMER ANNUAL MEETING 2008 OCTOBER 10-11
We understand that some hotels on the accommodation page of our website 
are now full on the dates of the TA meeting at the Norman Lockyer 
Observatory.
David Strange has provided us with a further contact with comments:
"It is more a family hotel, but the Bulstone Hotel, Branscombe will
probably have rooms available in October. It is about two miles from the 
observatory." See:
http://www.childfriendlyhotels.co.uk/

SUPERNOVA 2008dt IN NGC 6261
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1423):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008dt  Jun  30.33  16 56 30.56  +27 58 33.2  17.2     1.0"E, 5.5"S
SN 2007hu also occurred in NGC 6261.

SUPERNOVA 2008du IN NGC 7422
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1423):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008du  Jun  30.35  22 56 11.84  +03 55 35.4  18.3     8.2"W, 1.2"S

SUPERNOVA 2008dv IN NGC 1343
Discovery by Koichi Itagaki, Japan of a possible supernova (CBET 1425):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008dv  Jly   1.73  03 37 51.43  +72 34 21.8  18.2     8  "E, 5  "N
Unfiltered CCD frames using a 0.60-m f/5.7 reflector (limiting magnitude 
20.5).

SUPERNOVA 2008dw IN UGC 8932
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1426):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008dw  Jly   2.24  14 00 56.27  +41 00 29.0  17.2     1.1"W, 2.3"N
UGC 8932 is interacting with the galaxy NGC 5410.

SUPERNOVA 2008dx IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by ROTSE collaboration of a possible supernova (CBET 1427):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008dx  Jun  24.20  13 00 14.31  +27 57 16.4  17.4    44.6"W  2.6"S
The object is 339" east and 94" south from the centre of the Coma 
cluster.

Guy M Hurst