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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2474      2008 Aug 18 13.45UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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VARIABLE STAR IN AQUILA
P. C. Sherrod, U.S.A., reported on CBET 1442 the discovery of a variable 
star (red mag 12.8) on CCD images obtained with a 0.51-m f/4 
Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector on July 16.31 UT, the position
given as:
RA 19h 12m 13.36s DEC +10 31' 29.1" (2000)
This position is close to that of a variable reported by Wozniak et al. 
(2004, A.J. 128, 2965; position end figures 13s.34,
28".8; peak red magnitude 13.0), who list this as a Mira-type variable 
in their online catalogue, though they give the amplitude as only 1.8 
magnitudes.

Brian Skiff, USA advises us that this is a very red star evidently 
caught in bright stage (plus probably unfiltered CCD sensitive to the 
far red). It is GSC2.3 N2B4011389 = USNO-B1.0 1005-0448085 = IRAS 
19098+1026 = 2MASS J19121346+1031293 = MSX6C G044.6546+00.2315 = NSVS 
1912133+103129. The last name indicates it is already a known variable; 
NSVS reports a period of 389 days and an amplitude in the red of about 
1.8 magnitudes---typical Mira-type variable.
The 2MASS position (19 12 13.47 +10 31 29.3 [J2000]) is some 1.6"
from the Sherrod position, suggesting a problem with the reported
astrometry.  Available good astrometry for the star includes:
19 12 13.47 +10 31 29.3   2MASS
19 12 13.48 +10 31 29.7   USNO-B1.0
19 12 13.47 +10 31 29.6   GSC-2.3

SUPERNOVA 2008ej IN UGC 276
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1451):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008ej  Jly  27.48  00 27 59.26  +30 45 48.7  18.8     4.2"W, 5.4"S

SUPERNOVA 2008ek IN IC 1181
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1452):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008ek  Jly  28.24  16 05 33.17  +17 35 33.2  18.9    10.1"W, 3.8"S
The galaxy IC 1181 interacts with IC 1178.

SUPERNOVA 2008el IN PGC 70567
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1456):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008el  Jly  30.40  23 08 49.06  +20 04 19.6  19.3    22.4"W, 7.9"N

SUPERNOVA 2008em IN MCG -04-53-33
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1457):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008em  Jly  31.40  22 44 37.70  -21 54 35.2  18.7    17.8"W, 0.5"S
J. M. Silverman et. al., University of California, Berkeley, report that 
inspection a CCD spectrum of Aug. 1UT with the Shane 3-m reflector (+ 
Kast spectrograph) at Lick Observatory, shows it is probably a type-Ic 
supernova near, or shortly after, maximum brightness.

Guy M Hurst