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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2478      2008 Sep 01 15.33UT
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 attending the BAA Meeting in Dublin and will be away 
from Thursday September 4 returning late on Monday September 8. As both 
assistant editors are also away at this time, Martin Mobberley has 
kindly agreed to handle urgent potential discovery reports and to issue 
TA E-Circulars for any major events. Martin can be contacted at:
martin.mobberley@btinternet.com
Telephone: (01284)828431
Please confirm phone calls with an Internet message to Martin and a copy 
to the editor for review upon my return.

V1647 ORIONIS AND MCNEIL'S NEBULA
K. Itagaki, Japan, reports  the apparent brightening of V1647 Ori and 
its associated (McNeil's) nebula to mag about 16.7 on an unfiltered CCD 
image taken on Aug. 26.789 UT with a 0.60-m f/5.7 reflector, noting that 
neither the variable star nor the associated nebula were visible on his 
survey frame taken with a 0.21-m reflector on Jan. 2.598 (limiting mag 
17.5). Itagaki adds that
the star appears in the USNO-B1.0 catalogue (epoch 1971.3) at blue mag 
19.7 and red mag 19.5, and he provides the following precise position 
for V1647 Ori from his recent image:
RA 05h 46m 13.16s DEC -0o 06' 03.6"(2000).  Yamaoka notes that a similar 
quiescent brightness was noted in 2005 Oct. by Acosta-Pulido et al. 
following its earlier outburst (to mag about 15-16) in 2004 Jan., while 
an earlier outburst in 1966-1967 was found in the Asiago plate 
collection by Aspin et al. (2006, A.J. 132, 1298).

SUPERNOVA 2008et IN ESO 283-G4
Discovery by CHASE Project of a possible supernova (CBET 1466):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008et  Aug  09.04  19 32 51.69  -45 13 14.2  16.4     9.0"W,23.1"N

SUPERNOVA 2008eu IN ESO 289-G10
Discovery by Brazilian Supernova Search Team survey of a possible 
supernova (CBET 1467):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008eu  Aug  09.17  22 16 44.39  -47 07 12.6  15.6    22  "E, 9  "S

SUPERNOVA 2008ev IN UGC 10155
Discovery by D. Rich, USA, of a possible supernova (CBET 1468):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008ev  Aug  10.13  16 03 02.09  +39 38 44.2  17.6     5.9"E, 1.9"N

SUPERNOVA 2008ew IN IC 1236
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1469):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008ew  Aug. 10.22  16 58 28.92  +20 02 38.0  18.0     9.7"W, 8.1"N

SUPERNOVA 2008ex IN UGC 11428
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1472):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008ex  Aug. 17.32  19 20 28.68  +30 49 42.0  17.8     1.4"E, 9.8"N
V. Stanishev, Centro Multidisciplinar de Astrofisica, Instituto
Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, reports that a spectrum obtained on Aug. 19.08 
UT by A. Somero with the Nordic Optical Telescope (+ ALFOSC), shows it 
to be a young type-II supernova.
Guy Hurst reports on 2008 Aug 23 (00h16mUT) the unfiltered magnitude was 
17.0 using the Bradford Robotic Telescope but measurement was difficult 
due to a rich star field.

Guy M Hurst