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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2494      2008 Oct 27 22.08UT
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 NEAR NGC 3432
Grzegorz Duszanowicz, Sweden, reports on CBET 1534 his discovery of a 
variable star of mag 18.0 on unfiltered CCD images (limiting mag 18.8) 
obtained on 2008 Oct. 7.12 UT with a 32-cm f/3.1 reflector + CCD.  The 
new object is located at:
RA 10h 52m 41.33a DEC +36 40' 08.9" (2000), which is 116" east
and 176" north of the centre of the galaxy NGC 3432.
S. Nakano, Japan reports that a confirming unfiltered CCD image
taken by K. Itagaki (Yamagata, Japan, 0.60-m reflector) on Oct. 9.778 
yields position end figures 41s.26, 08".9 for the variable. The variable 
is very close to the position of the variable star(s) reported on IAUCs 
7415, 7417, and 7419 (position
end figures 41s.35 +/- 0s.06, 08".6 +/- 0".2).

OUTBURST OF CATACLYSMIC VARIABLE IN CANCER
K. Itagaki (Yamagata, Japan) has discovered the first apparent outburst 
in real time of a cataclysmic variable on a survey CCD image taken on 
2008 Oct. 9.793 UT with a 0.21-m reflector according to CBET 1536.  A 
confirming image taken by Itagaki on Oct. 9.801
with a 0.60-m reflector shows the variable at mag about 14.7, and he 
measures its position to be:
RA 08h 12m 07.63s DEC +13 18' 24.9" (2000).
Yamaoka adds that a star of blue mag 19.8-19.9 and red mag 19.2-19.5 in 
the USNO-B1.0 catalogue has position end figures 07s.64, 24".8
Yamaoka notes that this star was discovered by Szkody et al.
(2007, A.J. 134, 185), where the authors give it a preliminary
designation SDSS J081207.63+131824.4.

SUPERNOVA 2008gd IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by the ROTSE collaboration of a possible supernova (CBET 
1532):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008gd  Sep. 27.46  01 20 44.03  +14 41 37.0  18.8     6.6"W, 2.7"S
A spectrum of Oct. 1.21 with the 9.2-m Hobby-Eberly Telescope shows it 
to be a type-II supernova.

SUPERNOVA 2008ge IN NGC 1527
Discovery by the CHASE Project of a possible supernova (CBET 1531):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008ge  Oct. 08.27  04 08 24.68  -47 53 47.4  12.8     5.4"E, 2.0"N

SUPERNOVA 2008gf IN UGC 5201
Discovery by G. Duszanowicz, Sweden  of a possible supernova (CBET 
1537):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008gf  Oct. 09.12  09 44 31.40  +55 45 31.1  16.7    31"  W,17  "S

Guy M Hurst