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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2848      2012 Aug 20 14.58UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVA 2012ds IN PGC 58009 (ITALIAN SS PROJECT)
2012ds  Jly 16.97   16 23 45.92  +09 47 12.3  17.4  12  "E    5  "S
Nothing is visible at this position on the discoverers' images of the 
same field from June 2010 (limiting magnitude 19.0).
L. Tomasella: spectrum July 17 type-Ia soon after maximum.

SUPERNOVA 2012dt IN NGC 309 (STUART PARKER)
2012dt  Jly 17.54   00 56 38.88  -09 54 09.1  18.1R 50  "W   48  "N
The type-IIb supernova 2008cx also appeared in NGC 309
J. T. Parrent: spectrum July 19 type-IIP several weeks after maximum and 
similar to supernova 1999em.

SUPERNOVA 2012du IN NGC 7125 STUART PARKER)
2012du  Jly  1.48   21 49 16.32  -60 42 42.6  15.3   2  "E    4  "N
N. Morrell: spectrum July 22 type-IIP 2-3 weeks after explosion

SUPERNOVA 2012dv (CSS)
2012dv  Jly 18.41   21 48 30.29  -12 50 21.3  18.2   0.5"E    1.6"N
J. M. Silverman: spectrum July 23 type-Ia one month mast maximum.

SUPERNOVA 2012dw (R. MCNAUGHT ET. AL.)
2012dw  Jly 23.72   21 22 35.28  -33 33 54.6  17.5   8.8"W    2.5"S
M. McCrum: spectrum July 25 type-Ia within a few days of maximum.

Guy M Hurst