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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2495      2008 Oct 29 10.43UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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DWARF NOVA IN DRACO
K. Itagaki reports on CBET 1535 his discovery of a previously unknown 
dwarf nova on his survey CCD image taken on 2008 Oct. 2.53UT with a 
0.21-m reflector.  An image taken on Oct. 2.539 with a 0.60-m reflector 
shows the variable at mag about 14.9 and located at:
RA 19h 14m 43.55s DEC +60 52' 13.9" (2000).  Nothing is visible at this 
position on Itagaki's survey image from June 12.597 (limiting mag 17.5) 
or on the Digitised Sky Survey from 1991 Aug. 30 (F) and 1992 June 28 
(J) to limiting mag about 21.
A very faint object is present near the reported position in the 
USNO-B1.0 catalogue (end figures 43s.39,14".4, mag 21) and GSC 2.3
catalogue (end figures 43s.46, 14".3, mag 20.2-21.0).
Arto Oksanen, Finland, writes that the variable appeared at mag 15.3 
with a smooth 0.2-mag variation on presumed-V-band images taken on Oct. 
8, also measuring position end figures 43s.57, 14".1.

SUPERNOVA 2008gg IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) of a possible supernova (CBET 
1538):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008gg  Oct. 09.31  01 25 23.0   -18 10 20    16.3    18.7"E,30.7"S

Guy Hurst reports that an unfiltered 60-sec image of supernova 2008gg 
secured with the Bradford Robotic Telescope on 2008 Oct 17.1UT enabled 
an eye estimate to be made at 16.1 using a red magnitude sequence by 
Trondal.

Guy M Hurst