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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2605      2009 Dec 21 17.34UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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V1647 ORIONIS
C. Aspin, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii et. al., report 
on IAUC 9079 the following optical observations from the VNAO 1-m Stock 
Telescope (in V and I bands) and the UH 2.2-m telescope on Mauna Kea (in 
r' and i' bands).  On 2009 Sept. 11 UT, the young eruptive variable star 
V1647 Ori -- emerging from conjunction with the sun -- was observed to 
have magnitudes V = 18.00 +/- 0.15, I = 14.55 +/- 0.03, and V-I = +3.45 
+/- 0.17.  On Sept. 12 UT, V1647 Ori had magnitudes r' = 17.69 +/- 0.05, 
i' = 15.85 +/- 0.05, and r'-i' = +1.84 +/- 0.07.  These values are close 
to the maximum values reached by V1647 Ori both soon after outburst in 
February 2004 (cf. IAUCs 8354, 8396, 8600) and during its subsequent 
brightening in September 2008 (cf. IAUCs 8968, 8969).

SUPERNOVA 2009ju IN UGC 3285
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1974):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009ju  Oct 11.51   05 18 54.84  +19 10 11.5  18.2    20.5"W,10.8"S
Guy Hurst reports that photometry using the Bradford Robotic Telescope 
on 2009 Oct 20.197UT gave 17.3 based on comparison stars from A2 
converted to V.

SUPERNOVA 2009jv IN UGC 5157
Discovery by R. Gorelli, J. Newton and T. Puckett of a possible 
supernova (CBET 1977):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009jv  Oct 16.50   09 40 57.83  +47 37 04.0  17.2     3.2"W, 9.9"S

SUPERNOVA 2009jw IN UGC 3933
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 1978):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009jw  Oct. 3.55   07 37 36.76  +41 56 56.9  18.3     4.1"W, 7.0"N

SUPERNOVA 2009jy IN NGC 3208
Discovery by Perth Automated Supernova Search of a possible supernova 
(CBET 1983):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009jy  Oct 14.84   10 19 39.25  -25 49 21.9  17  R   28  "W,29  "S

SUPERNOVA 2009jz IN PGC 17571
Discovery by Stuart Parker, New Zealand of a possible supernova (CBET 
1984):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009jz  Oct 18.56   05 40 05.30  -55 32 03.9  17.0R   37  "W,19  "N
Underluminous type Ia according to C. Inserra, Istituto Nazionale di 
Astrofisica (INAF), Osservatorio Astronomico di Catania

Guy M Hurst