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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2542      2009 Apr 17 16.44UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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EDITORIAL IMPORTANT NOTICE: EMAILS
This morning, 2009 Apr 17 at the editor's early morning log on at around 
07h00mUT it was established that the mail database attached to the 
software handing incoming e-mails had been corrupted. This carries a 
record of messages since 2001.

Fortunately by about 11h00mUT the entire database had been rebuilt using 
special software supplied by Demon but regrettably a small number of 
e-mails sent to TAHQ between Apr 16 at about 19h00m and Apr 17 at 
11h00mUT may have been lost. Could anyone who sent a message during that 
period and who has not had a reply please resend? I am sorry for any 
inconvenience caused.

SUPERNOVA 2009am IN NGC 3060
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1706):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009am  Feb.21.35   09 56 19.60  +16 50 04.1  19.0     5.7"E,12.1"N

SUPERNOVA 2009an IN NGC 4332
Discovery by Giancarlo Cortini and Stefano Antonellini, Italy of a 
possible supernova (CBET 1707):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009an  Feb 27.93   12 22 47.4   +65 51 04.5  15.4     1  "E,33  "N
Following an appeal by the Central Bureau, Petri Kehusmaa, Finland 
reported an independent discovery at mag 15.6 by Mikko Paivinen and 
himself on a 100-s unfiltered image (limiting mag 19.7) taken by
Paivinen with a 0.28-m Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector + CCD in the course 
of their supernova-search program on Feb. 26.06.
Guy Hurst reports that an image for this type Ia with the Bradford 
Robotic Telescope (BRT) on April 9 gave 16.7 (A2 converted to V).

SUPERNOVA 2009ao IN NGC 2939
Discovery by the CHASE Project of a possible supernova (CBET 1711):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009ao  Mar  4.12   09 38 08.54  +09 31 00.7  16.3     9.6"E,25.6"S
Hurst reports that a BRT image of this type IIP of April 6.975UT did not 
record the object to a limit of 17.8.

SUPERNOVA 2009ap IN ESO 138-27
Discovery by the CHASE Project of a possible supernova (CBET 1712):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009ap  Mar  5.38   17 26 43.23  -59 55 57.9  16.9     2.9"W, 0.1"S

SUPERNOVA 2009aq IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by the Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey of a possible 
supernova (CBET 1713):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009aq  Feb 13.16   03 09 19.79  +16 05 05.3  16.8     0.5"E, 2.5"S
Type-Ia (Palomar 5-m telescope)

SUPERNOVA 2009ar IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by the Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey of a possible 
supernova (CBET 1713):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009ar  Feb. 19.27  09 55 25.71  -01 28 21.3  18.5        --
Type-IIB (Palomar 5-m telescope)

Guy M Hurst