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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2479      2008 Sep 03 13.50UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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NEW VARIABLE IN ANDROMEDA
K. Itagaki, Japan, reports on CBET 1491 detection of a possible nova on 
a CCD image taken on Sept. 1.6UT with a 0.21-m reflector in the course 
of his sky survey, with a confirming unfiltered CCD image taken on Sept. 
1.603 with a 0.60-m reflector that yields mag about 12.7 and the 
following precise position:
RA 02h 00m 25.40s DEC +44 10' 18.7" (2000).
The object was not recorded to mag 17.5 on Jan. 26.532.
The GSC 2.3 has a very faint star (red mag 20.4, blue mag 21.2)
with end figures 25s.44, 19".1.

Following an appeal by the Central Bureau several other observers have 
reported confirming observations of this variable star.  D. D. Balam, 
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, relays the 
variable appeared with the following magnitude and colours from 
SDSS-filtered observations obtained on Sept. 2.27 UT with the 1.82-m 
Plaskett telescope of the National Research Council of Canada: g = 12.91 
(0.03), u-g = -0.20 (0.08), g-r =
-0.11 (0.07).

S. Korotkiy et. al, Moscow report end figures 25s.43, 18".7
(each +/- 0".1); comparison with a Palomar Oschin Schmidt telescope
plate (via Digitized Sky Survey) obtained on 1992 Dec. 22 shows an
apparent star at this position with blue mag about 20.5.  Their image is 
posted at the following website URL: 
http://www.astroalert.su/files/novaand2008.jpg.

SUPERNOVA 2008ey IN IC 262
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1473):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008ey  Aug. 18.51  02 51 42.39  +42 49 51.5  18.1    10.1"W, 9.8"N

SUPERNOVA 2008ez IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by Berto Monard of a possible supernova (CBET 1474):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008ez  Aug. 18.11  13 34 55.27  +13 43 48.6  17.4     4  "W,43  "S
The new object is 4" west and 43" south of the core of a galaxy that is 
in turn about 12' west- northwest of the galaxy NGC 5230.

SUPERNOVA 2008fa IN NGC 6722
Discovery by Peter Marples, Australia of a possible supernova (CBET 
1475):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008fa  Aug. 20.46  19 03 40.52  -64 53 21.1  17.6R    7  "E,20  "N

SUPERNOVA 2008fb IN UGC 2813
Discovery by Markku Nissinen, Finland, of a possible supernova (CBET 
1479):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008fb  Aug. 24.89  03 42 36.69  +71 18 36.5  16.9R   13.5"E  9.0"N
J. Kajava, Oulo University et. al., report spectroscopy with the Nordic 
Optical Telescope on Aug. 26.25 UT shows it to be a normal type-II 
supernova several weeks past maximum.

Guy M Hurst