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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2812      2012 Apr 07 18.33UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
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V965 PERSEI = NOVA PERSEI 2011
Vladimir Lipunov and N. Tyurina report on IAUC 9247 the MASTER discovery 
of an optical transient (mag 17.5) on several unfiltered images 
(limiting mag 19.0) taken on 2011 Nov. 7.75 UT.  The new object is 
located at:
RA 03h 11m 16.23s DEC +37 05' 02.7" (2000).  Nothing is visible at this 
position on their reference image from Oct. 31.75 (limiting mag 19.8).

M. Fraser et. al., Queens University, Belfast, report that they obtained 
spectra with the Nordic Optical Telescope, range about 320-910nm) on 
2011 Nov. 29.0 UT, showing that the MASTER transient appears to be a 
Galactic nova.  The spectrum has a flat continuum, with Balmer series 
emission lines at zero redshift with a full-width-at-half- maximum of 
about 2000 km/s.  The apparent magnitude at discovery implies that the 
nova was already significantly post-maximum then (Nov. 7).  There is no 
source coincident with the nova in archival Digitized Sky Survey or 
2MASS images.

E. Kazarovets, on behalf of the GCVS team, reports that the permanent 
designation V965 Per has been assigned to this nova.

SUPERNOVA 2011ht in UGC 5460
Further to the deep fade reported by Guy Hurst on TA E-Circular 2803 and 
TA Vol 48 No 575 p298 [2012], David Boyd, Wantage, England
relays that a total of 15 min exposure unfiltered of UGC 5460 on 2012 
Mar 25 at 19.37 UT (JD=2456012.317) and analysed with Astrometrica using 
the UCAC3 catalogue revealed a very faint but measureable source with 
SNR 6.9 at RA 10 08 10.62, Dec +51 50 57.4 with mag V=20.5.

Editor: Although the nature of this object remains uncertain, as the 
Central Bureau has given it a supernova designation, we are recording 
that this was the 146th supernova found by Tom Boles for which 
congratulations are extended.

Guy M Hurst