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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2513      2008 Dec 27 16.54UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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V5580 SAGITTARII = NOVA SAGITTARII 2008 No. 2
The object found by Bill Liller and announced on E-Circular 2504 has 
been designated V5580 Sagittarii (IAUC 9004).
G. W. Christie and T. Natusch, Auckland Observatory, report the 
following precise position for the nova (an average from three images 
taken with a 0.4-m Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector during Dec.7.36, with 
the nova at altitude < 10o, its magnitude being R = 9.5-9.9):
RA 18h 22m 01.50s +/- 0s.03, DEC -28 02' 39.6" +/- 0".5 (2000).

SUPERNOVA 2008ib IN ESO 323-25
Discovery by the CROSS program of a possible supernova (CBET 1613):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008ib  Dec. 02.75  12 52 37.94  -39 01 32.6  15.8    11  "W 10  "N
Found on images with the 25-cm Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain "GRAS15" 
remote-controlled telescope of the GRAS System at Moorook, Australia. An 
image of 2008ib from Dec.7.74 has been posted at:
URL: http://www.cortinastelle.it/cross/ESO323-025_20081207.jpg

SUPERNOVA 2008ic IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by H. Navasardyan of a possible supernova (CBET 1614):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008ic  Nov  24.19  12 30 26.22  +41 36 16.1  19.6
Serendipitous discovery on a R-band image in the field of SN
2008ax. A combination of two spectrograms one taken with AFOSC on Dec. 
8.19, and the other taken with TNG (+ DOLORES) on Dec.8.27 -- shows 
2008ic to be a type-II supernova few weeks after explosion.

SUPERNOVA 2008id IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by Pan-STARRS 1 of a possible supernova (CBET 1617):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008id  Nov. 03.44  02 27 46.80  -04 34 47.1  21.2r
A spectrum of Nov. 27.38 with the 10-m Keck-2 telescope on Mauna Kea 
finds  it to be a type-Ia supernova at z = 0.26, about
21 days past maximum brightness.

SUPERNOVA 2008ie IN NGC 1070
Discovery by the CHASE project of a possible supernova (CBET 1618):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008ie  Dec. 15.16  02 43 20.80  +04 58 19.1  16.4    22  "W,13  "N
S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan, reports the independent discovery of
2008ie at mag 16.9 by Yoji Hirose (Japan) on fourteen unfiltered CCD 
frames (limiting mag 17.5) taken around Dec. 15.56 UT using a 0.35-m 
f/6.8 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.

COMETS 208P/McMILLAN AND 209P/LINEAR
Comet P/2008 U1 (McMillan) = P/2000 S7 has been given the permanent 
designation 208P.
Comet P/2008 X2 (LINEAR) = P/2004 CB is assigned the permanent 
designation 209P. (IAUC 9005)

Guy M Hurst