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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2876      2012 Dec 05 13.24UT
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 UGC 4512
Tom Boles, Coddenham, England, reports the discovery of an apparent 
supernova (mag 17.7) in UGC 4512 on unfiltered CCD images taken on 2012 
Dec 02.9250 and 03.9356 with a 0.35-m Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope 
during searches for the UK Nova/Supernova Patrol.

The new object is located at:
RA 08h 39m 42.02s DEC +60 58'16.0" (2000), which is approximately 15.1"E 
and 7.7"N of the centre of the parent galaxy.

Nothing is present at this position on Tom's images from 2011 Oct 28 and 
Dec 28 (limiting mag 19.5) nor on Digitised Sky Survey Plates from 
1996-03-16 (limiting red mag 20.5), and 2000-01-07 (limiting blue mag 
21.0).

L. Elenin (Lyubertsy, Russia) and I. Molotov (Moscow, Russia) confirm 
this object is visible on 3x300sec images remotely taken at ISON-NM 
Observatory (Mayhill, NM, USA) with 0.45-m f/2.8 telescope + CCD 
(KAF09000) on Dec. 4.3822. The object is located at:
08h 39m 42s.02 +/- 0".08, +60d 58' 15".1 +/- 0".09 (UCAC-4) with 
magnitude 17.1U (mag. limit ~19.5m). An image of PSN J08394202+6058160 
available at:
http://spaceobs.org/images/TOCP/PSNJ08394202+6058160-20121204.png

Spectroscopic confirmation is awaited which will hopefully allow the 
Central Bureau to allocate a permanent designation and issue a bulletin.

Guy M Hurst