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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2471      2008 Aug 04 09.04UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVA 2008ep IN UGC 826
On 2008 August 4, Tom Boles, Coddenham, England relayed his discovery of 
a possible supernova in UGC 826 at magnitude 18.1. The detection was 
made on an unfiltered exposure with a 0.35-m Schmidt-Cassegrain 
telescope on Aug 3.093UT during searches for the UK Nova/Supernova 
Patrol.

The new object is located at:
RA 01h 17m 40.68s DEC +43 38' 38.9" (2000), which is approximately 
10.2"E and 16.3"S of the centre of UGC 826. Nothing is present at this 
position on Tom's images of 2007 Dec 12 and  2008 Feb 12 (limiting mag 
19.5) nor on the Digitised Sky Survey Plates from 1989-10-02 (limiting 
red mag 20.5), and 1992-10-19 (limiting blue mag 21.0).

Confirmation was obtained on Aug 4.024UT with the object then of 
magnitude 17.9.

The designation and discovery were announced on CBET 1459 which also 
contained news of SN 2008en and 2008eo thus THREE supernovae found by 
the same observer.

Congratulations to Tom on the discovery of his 116th supernova

PKS 1749+096
Stefan Karge, Taunus Observatory, Germany and Guy Hurst, Basingstoke, 
England independently report their detection of a further outburst of 
this blazer ( = OT 081 = 4C 09.57). This is the second brightest optical 
state ever recorded after the super-outburst in 2007 April-May when the 
object reached 14.11C.

2008 Jul 21.062, 15.80 (Bradford Robotic [BRT],Hurst); Jul 24.017, 15.4 
(Taunus, Karge); Jul 29.945UT, 14.68C (Taunus, Karge); 29.997UT, 14.75 
(BRT, Hurst); Jul 31.015, 14.57C (BRT, Karge), 31.022, 14.72 (BRT, 
Hurst).

CCD unfiltered; V-mag sequence: Fiorucci et al. 1998

Guy M Hurst