------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2804 2012 Feb 29 17.05UT 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- MASTER 072948.66+593824.4 Further to the note on TA E-Circular 2802 regarding the auto-detection of this transient object by MASTER-Tunka, Len Adam reports confirmation. It was recorded on a 30-sec exposure of 2012 Feb 22 at 19h45m37s with a Celestron 14 from Sierra Cabrera Spain and the magnitude (unfiltered) was 17.2. SUPERNOVA 2012ah IN NGC 7637 (PARKER) 2012ah Feb 21.39 23 25 59.63 -81 54 33.3 14.8 58 "W, 8 "N M. Dennefeld: spectrum Feb 21 type-Ia close to maximum Guy M Hurst