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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2576      2009 Aug 23 12.36UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVA 2009ii IN UGC 3627
On 2009 August 21, an e-mail was received from Tom Boles reporting his 
discovery of a possible supernova of magnitude 18.5 in UGC 3627 during 
the course of searches for the UK Nova/Supernova Patrol.

First detection was made on an unfiltered CCD image of Aug 21.136UT 
obtained with a 0.35-m Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.

The new object is located at:
RA 07h 01m 05.59s DEC +51 15' 50.2" (2000), which is approximately 4.7"E 
and 20.7"S of the centre of the host galaxy. Nothing is present at this 
position on Tom's images from 2008 Feb 10 (limit mag 19.5) and 2009 Jan 
02 (limit mag 19.5) nor on Digitised Sky Survey Plates from 1989-12-06 
(limiting red mag 21.0), and 1990-02-15 (limiting blue mag 20.5).

On August 22, a further message was received advising that a 
confirmation image of this object had been obtained on Aug 22.113UT with 
measured end figures of:
RA 05.57s, DEC 50.1" (2000)

The type-IIn supernova 2007bb (cf. CBETs 912, 916) also appeared in UGC 
3627.

Congratulations to Tom on the discovery of his 123rd supernova whose 
designation supernova 2009ii was announced on CBET 1920.

V2672 OPHIUCHI
Berto Monard, South Africa, reports that this fast nova in Oph (cf TA 
E-Circular 2573) was quite steady on JD 5064 but suddenly started to 
rebrighten from JD 5065.321 onwards at a rate of 0.36 mag/hour as 
observed with an unfiltered CCD.

SUPERNOVA 2009hd IN M66
Discovery by Berto Monard of a possible supernova (CBET 1867):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009hd  Jly 02.69   11 20 16.96  +12 58 46.6  15.8    28  "E,42  "S

SUPERNOVA 2009he IN UGC 10361
Discovery by Tim Puckett and C. Moore, USA of a possible supernova (CBET 
1868):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009he  Jly 03.16   16 22 12.33  +57 16 22.5  18.9    21.8"E, 6.9"N

SUPERNOVA 2009hf IN NGC 175
Discovery by Berto Monard of a possible supernova (CBET 1867):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009hf  Jly 09.138  00 37 21.79  -19 56 42.2  17.2     2  "E,38  "S

SUPERNOVA 2009hg IN NGC 4767B
Discovery by Berto Monard of a possible supernova (CBET 1867):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009hg  Jly 09.694  12 54 42.61  -39 51 16.3  16.9    28  "W, 8  "S

SUPERNOVA 2009hh IN NGC 1301
Discovery by the CHASE Project of a possible supernova (CBET 1871):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009hh  Jly 10.37   03 20 34.73  -18 42 54.4  16.1     8.8"W, 0.8"N

Guy M Hurst