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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2842      2012 Jly 22 14.40UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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APPARENT SUPERNOVA IN MCG+8-34-30 (PGC62660)
The announcement of this discovery of a possible supernova by Tom Boles, 
Coddenham, England, was originally deferred pending spectroscopic 
confirmation and designation by the Central Bureau. Unfortunately no 
spectra were obtained as far as the editor is aware. The Central Bureau 
provisionally assigned PSN J19000440+4851378 to the object.

The discovery was of an apparent supernova (mag 17.9) on unfiltered CCD 
images taken on 2011 Oct 19.939 and 20.777 with a 0.35-m reflector found 
during searches for the UK Nova/Supernova Patrol.  The new object is 
located at:
RA 19h 00m 04.40s DEC +48 51' 37.8" (2000), which is approximately 6.1" 
west and 4.5" north of the centre of MCG+8-34-30 (PGC62660).

Nothing is present at this position on Tom's images from 2010 Nov 10 and 
Oct 30 (limiting mag 19.5) or on Digitised Sky Survey Plates from 
1992-08-26 (limiting red mag 20.5), and 1990-07-21 (limiting blue mag 
21.0).

A follow-up magnitude of 19.3 +/-0.1C was obtained on 2011 Oct 21.21UT 
by Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia.

This was the 147th supernova found by Tom Boles and our congratulations 
to him on this further success.

Guy M Hurst