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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2535      2009 Mar 23 22.24UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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CLASSICAL NOVA IN NGC 2403
M. Kasliwal, Caltech et. al. report on The Astronomer's Telegram 1984 
that on 2009 Mar 14.16UT, P60-FasTING (Palomar 60-inch Fast Transients 
In Nearby Galaxies) discovered an optical transient in NGC2403 at:
RA 07h36m35.00s DEC+65 40'20.8" (2000) offset from the nucleus by
101.0"W, 252.0"N. P60-NGC2403-090314 had a brightness of g = 20.6 +/- 
0.1 at discovery. At peak, on Mar 15.147, the apparent g = 19.6 
corresponded to Mg = -8.2, at the distance of NGC2403. It was not 
detected by P60 to g > 21.8 on Mar 2.164. Follow-up spectroscopy on Mar 
20.145 with the Double Beam Spectrograph on the Palomar Hale telescope 
reveals prominent Balmer emission features (H-alpha through H-delta) and 
allows classification as a classical nova.

SUPERNOVA 2009W IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by Catalina Sky Survey team of a possible supernova (CBET 
1683):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009W   Feb. 2.55   16 23 45.60  +11 44 07.0  17.9    17.5"W,16.2"S
Editor: Announcement delayed due to a missing circular from CBAT.

SUPERNOVA 2009af IN UGC 1551
Discovery by Giancarlo Cortini, Italy of a possible supernova (CBET 
1697):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009af  Feb 16.75   02 03 36.37  +24 04 40.9  15.0    15.5"W,10.4"N
A spectrogram suggests it is of type II.

SUPERNOVA 2009ag IN ESO 492-2
Discovery by Tim Puckett, R Gagliano and Jack Newton, USA of a possible 
supernova (CBET 1698):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009ag  Feb 18.16   07 11 40.81  -26 41 06.3  15.9     4.8"E,72"N

SUPERNOVA 2009ah IN ESO 171-4
Discovery by CHASE Project of a possible supernova (CBET 1699):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009ah  Feb 19.22   11 59 12.06  -53 24 06.5  16.0    22.5"E,25.8"N

SUPERNOVA 2009ai IN UGC 9757
Discovery by Tim Puckett, M Peoples and Jack Newton, USA of a possible 
supernova (CBET 1700):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009ai  Feb 19.45   15 11 35.92  +05 23 47.5  17.6    21.8"W, 4.0"S

Guy M Hurst