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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2521      2009 Jan 31 11.08UT
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 IN AURIGA
The Catalina Sky Survey team report discovery on 2008 Dec 31 of a new 
deeply-eclipsing cataclysmic variable at:
RA 07h 11m 25.99s DEC +44 04' 05.0" (2000.0.
The outburst has lasted two months. Intensive time-series observations 
by A. Oksanen, D. Boyd, and R. Pickard have confirmed the very deep 
eclipses of about four magnitudes, along with a very well defined light 
curve typical of edge-on accreting systems.

SUPERNOVA 2008io IN MCG -02-33-17
Discovery by ROTSE of a possible supernova (CBET 1639):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008io  Dec. 26.09  12 50 02.61  -14 42 55.7  16.1    28.9"W,61.1"N
Nothing is visible at this position in the Digitised Sky Survey images 
(limiting mag 20.5). An image has been posted at the following website 
URL: http://www.rotse.net/rsvp/j125002.6-144256/
j125002.6-144256.jpg

SUPERNOVA 2008ip IN NGC 4846
Discovery by Takao Kobayashi, Japan of a possible supernova (CBET 1641):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008ip  Dec. 31.75  12 57 50.20  +36 22 33.5  15.7    30  "E,18  "N
K. Kadota, Japan found 2008ip at mag 15.6 and position end figures 
50s.17, 33".4 on an unfiltered CCD image taken on 2009 Jan. 1.736. There 
is an image of this object at:
URL: http://pics.livejournal.com/bigdenru/pic/00058p7p/

SUPERNOVA 2008iq IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1642):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008iq  Dec. 30.48  10 39 26.86  +05 05 24.2  18.2     1.9"W, 0.8"N

SUPERNOVA 2009A IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by the CHASE Project of a possible supernova (CBET 1645):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009A   Jan. 02.11  01 52 44.34  -03 23 48.2  16.0     6.4"W, 7.3"N

SUPERNOVA 2009B IN UGC 4423
Further to TA E-Circular 2516, Guy Hurst reports that photometry of this 
object on 2009 Jan 29.108 (discovered by Tom Boles) and using the 
Bradford Robotic Telescope in unfiltered mode gave 18.3 (+/-0.2 due to 
sequence uncertainty).

SUPERNOVAE 2009C IN UGC 12433
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1647):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009C   Jan. 2.15   23 13 42.84  +49 40 47.2  17.8    11.0"W,11.1"N
P. Challis, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), on
behalf of the CfA Supernova Group, reports that a spectrum of Jan. 3 UT 
by M. Calkins with the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ 
FAST), shows it to be a type-IIb supernova about a week past maximum 
light.

SUPERNOVA 2009D IN MCG -03-10-52
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1647):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009D   Jan. 2.31   03 54 22.83  -19 10 54.2  16.5    26.1"W,30.9"N
A further report by Challis of a spectrum on Jan 3UT shows it to be a 
type-Ia supernova about a week before maximum light.
Guy M Hurst