------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2789 2011 Dec 24 14.47UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK Backup: gmh@wdcc1.bnsc.rl.ac.uk WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.theastronomer.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- CHRISTMAS QUIZ As is the custom within 'The Astronomer', the Christmas Quiz will be issued via these electronic circulars, family commitments allowing, sometime on December 26. In the meantime I hope you will all enjoy a peaceful Christmas Day. May I also wish you all a happy and rewarding 2012. SUPERNOVA 2011fu IN UGC 1626 (CIABATTARI et. al.) 2011fu Sep 21.04 02 08 21.4 +41 29 12.3 15.8 2 "W, 26 "N Tomasella: spectrum Sept 23 young type-II SUPERNOVA 2011fv IN NGC 459 (CIABATTARI et. al.) 2011fv Aug 26.08 01 18 07.8 +17 33 29.8 18.2 6 "W, 15 "S Tomasella: spectrum Sept 24 type-II a few weeks after explosion SUPERNOVA 2011fw IN MCG +06-8-15 (CIABATTARI et. al.) 2011fw Sep 23.04 03 20 54.24 +37 52 05.3 17.2 8 "E, 3 "N Tomasella: spectrum Sept 23 type-Ia six weeks past B-band maximum SUPERNOVA 2011fx IN PGC 1170 (CIABATTARI et. al.) 2011fx Aug 30.05 00 17 59.56 +24 33 46.0 17.6 3 "W Tomasella: spectrum Sept 23 young type-IIn SUPERNOVA 2011fz IN UGC 12271 (CSS) 2011fz Sep 18.28 22 58 20.30 +02 17 29.9 16.6 13.3"W, 23.0"S Nick James imaged Sept 19, 17.1 C11 telescope + ST9XE camera S. Valenti et. al. spectrum Sept 24 type-Ib/c several weeks after maximum SUPERNOVA 2011ga IN PGC 69458 (CSS) 2011ga Sep 18.25 22 40 27.42 +03 11 58.0 17.3 18.2"W, 7.4"N S. Valenti: spectrum Sept 24 type-Ia close to B-band maximum SUPERNOVA 2011gb = PSN J01334294+3448371 (CSS) 2011gb Sep 24.30 01 33 42.94 +34 48 37.1 16.1 4.5"W, 1.1"S S. Valenti: spectrum Sept 25 type-Ia a few weeks past B-band max SUPERNOVA 2011gc (CIABATTARI et. al.) 2011gc Jun 27.87 18 12 19.24 +21 31 15.2 17.8 5 "E, 12 "N S. Valenti: spectrum Sept 25 type-IIP 2-3 months after explosion SUPERNOVA 2011gd IN NGC 6186 (LOSS) 2011gd Aug 28.16 16 34 25.67 +21 32 28.4 18.7 2.9"E, 0.9"N J. M. Silverman: spectrum Sept 26 type-Ib SUPERNOVA 2011ge IN UGC 11253 (LOSS) 2011ge Sep 21.14 18 29 40.90 +23 04 01.0 19.5 17.4"E, 5.4"S J. M. Silverman: spectrum Sept 26 type-II SUPERNOVA 2011gf (CSS) 2011gf Sep 18.19 21 12 24.27 -07 48 52.1 16.6 23.5"E, 21.8"N S. Valenti: spectrum Sept 25 type-Ia close to B-band maximum SUPERNOVA 2011gg (CSS) 2011gg Sep 20.32 00 46 21.08 -09 09 27.7 17.6 4.5"W, 1.1"S S. Valenti: spectrum Sept 26 type-Ia one week before B-band max Guy M Hurst