------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2924 2013 Jun 23 14.35UT 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- PNV J19150199+0719471 (=ERUPTIVE OBJECT IN AQUILA) Further to the discovery announcement on TA E-Circular 2919, it is thought this object in Aquila is a dwarf nova. The VSNET team comment that the object still shows stage B superhumps but the superhump profile has changed considerably. Observations have become sparse in recent days. Their experience suggests that most important phenomena in the past (dramatic fading stage or stage transition) suffer from the lack of observation. However, the decreasing superhump signal indicates that a new phase with different phenomenon is approaching, and they encourage continue observing. Their crucial observations for WZ Sge-type dwarf novae include whether the superhump phase jumps and how the superhump period varies during the rapid fading. This phase can be very easily missed, and will not be seen for tens of years for the same object. Please send your reports to VSNET with a copy to Gary Poyner for the TA VSS column. SUPERNOVA 2013cb (THU-NAOC TRANSIENT SURVEY) 2013cb May 1.51 11 35 01.74 +16 07 16.8 18.1 2.4"W 4.8"S L. Tomasella: spectrum May 4 type-Ia about a week before maximum SUPERNOVA 2013cc IN NGC 1961 (KOICI ITAGAKI) 2013cc Apr 28.46 05 41 58.76 +69 21 40.9 17.0 31 "W 62 "S P. Ochner: spectrum May 4 young type-II supernova. SUPERNOVA 2013cd IN UGC 4294 (EAGLE HILL SUPERNOVA SEARCH) 2013cd Apr 28.06 08 16 49.0 +60 29 28.5 17.0: 2.3"W 6.4"S P. Ochner: spectrum May 5 with Asiago 1.22-m Galileo Telescope sowing the object is a reddened type-I supernova (most likely a type-Ia event). SUPERNOVA 2013ce IN PGC 35860 (BALANUTSA, MASTER-KISLOVODSK) 2013ce May 1.57 11 35 50.80 +34 17 02.7 17.3 4 "W 7 "N Discovery and reference images are posted at: http://master.sai.msu.ru/static/OT/113550.80341702.7.png L. Tomasella: spectrum May 4 with Asiago 1.82-m Copernico Telescope suggests that this is a type-II supernova about one month after maximum SUPERNOVA 2013ch IN ESO 7-6 (PETER MARPLES) 2013ch Apr 30.46 12 41 43.41 -84 27 52.4 16.9R 33.9"W 2.3"N J. Parrent: spectrum May 6 suggests type-IIb near maximum SUPERNOVA 2013ci (LA SAGRA SKY SURVEY) 2013ci May 4.07 17 04 53.68 +09 07 59.6 17.1 6 "E 10 "N L. Tomasella: spectrum May 5 type-Ia. Guy M Hurst