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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2678      2010 Oct 15 19.45UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
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MASTER OT 015347+303844
P. Balanutsa et. al., SAI, Moscow and others report on Astronomer's 
Telegram 2931 the MASTER auto-detection system at Kislovodsk has 
recorded a new transient source at:
RA 01h 53m 47.24s DEC +30 38m 44s.0 (J2000) with a typical uncertainty 
of 0.2". It was imaged on 2010 Oct 1 at 23:25:48 (UT)

The V magnitude was about 17.9 +-0.1 (limiting magnitude 19.0). The OT 
was seen on the next 7 images until Oct 12 in R and V. The OT is blue: 
R-V=1.43 at Oct 1.9UT.

There is no minor planet or any object brighter 21 mag in DSS at
this place. They also have a number of images of this field without the 
OT. The last one was made at 2009 Dec 8 (18:25:50) and had a limit 
V=19.4.

The nearest known galaxy is PGC1908869 (RA 01h 53m 55.00s DEC +30 33m 
59.0s). The OT as a supernova candidate is relatively far and brighter 
than the possible host galaxy.

Spectral observations as well as photometry are needed.

The discovery image is available at 
http://observ.pereplet.ru/images/OT015347+303844/OT015347+303844.jpg

THE ASTRONOMER ANNUAL MEETING 2010 OCTOBER 23
Bookings which arrived by today have been processed and, as part of a 
new experiment, electronic copies of the programme and admission 
document have now been sent by e-mail. Each programme has the name of 
the person booking and a unique reference number. If those who sent 
bookings have not received the programme please let the editor know as 
soon as possible.

Similarly if anyone has so far not booked please contact the editor as 
soon as possible as the capacity of this venue is much smaller than 
those of meetings at Basingstoke and Sidmouth so knowing our numbers in 
advance is quite important.

Guy M Hurst