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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2613      2010 Jan 08 20.01UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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UV PERSEI
The eruptive variable UV Persei is in outburst and according to the 
AAVSO Quick Look records seems to have been detected by Richard Campbell 
on Jan 3.117UT.

Patrick Schmeer, Germany has reported visual estimates:
2010 Jan 4.090, 11.7; 4.847, 11.8, 5.743, 11.9
Sequence: AAVSO; instrument: 203-mm SCT

The BAAVSS has charts at:

http://www.britastro.org/vss/xchartcat/uv-per_.html

SUPERNOVA 2009lv IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by CRTS of a possible supernova (CBET 2045):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009lv  Nov 19.20   00 16 26.57  +22 26 10.1  17.4     2.4"E, 5.0"S

SUPERNOVA 2009lw IN NGC 931
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 2047):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009lw  Nov 24.24   02 28 12.09  +31 18 46.3  18.8    30.3"W, 4.8"N

SUPERNOVA 2009lx IN MCG +01-30-8
Discovery by CRTS of a possible supernova (CBET 2048):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009lx  Nov 24.50   11 40 18.85  +03 00 18.4  17.1     8.2"W,15.1"N

SUPERNOVA 2009ly IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by ROTSE of a possible supernova (CBET 2056):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009ly  Nov  6.87   00 41 12.70  -09 08 53.0  19.0     3.2"W, 7.2"N
Using the 0.45-m ROTSE-IIIc telescope at the H.E.S.S. site in Namibia

SUPERNOVAE 2009lz, 2009ma, AND 2009mb
Discoveries of three supernovae of magnitude 18.2 or fainter found by 
the Catalina Sky Survey in 2009 Sep-Oct.

SUPERNOVA 2009mc IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by CRTS of a possible supernova (CBET 2060):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009mc  Nov 21.51   08 55 59.81  -05 19 44.6  18.1
Spectrum of Nov 30 shows type Ia just past maximum light

SUPERNOVA 2009md IN NGC 3389
Discovery by Koichi Itagaki, Japan of a possible supernova (CBET 2065):
SN      2009 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2009md  Dec  4.81   10 48 26.28  +12 32 02.8  16.5    24  "W, 3  "N
The 13th-magnitude supernova 1967C also appeared in NGC 3389.
Guy Hurst reports that photometry with the Bradford Robotic Telescope on 
2009 Dec 31.194UT gave magnitude 17.3 based on A2 magnitudes converted 
to V for comparison star purposes.

Guy M Hurst