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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2955      2013 Oct 14 15.20UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVA 2013ej IN MESSIER 74 PRE-DISCOVERY
M. Lee, Taipei First Girls High School, High Scope Forum, report on 'The
Astronomer's Telegram 5466 an early photometric observation of the Type IIP
supernova SN 2013ej taken 15 hours before the official discovery. We
observed the field of Messier 74 on 2013 July 24.80 - 24.83 UT using the 1-m
telescope at the Lulin Observatory in Taiwan. It was clearly detected in our
multi-colour observations. By comparing with the USNO and GSC2.3 catalogs,
we derived the following optical (B, V, and R) photometry: B=13.8, V=14.0,
and R=14.3. 

The observations were taken under unstable weather condition and we
estimated the uncertainties as ~0.2 mag. We note that SN 2013ej was also
seen (but without photometry) in a pre-discovery image taken by C. Feliciano
on 2013 July 24.125. The supernova was not seen by the All Sky Automated
Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN) on 2013 July 23.54 with a detection limit of
V > 16.7 (ATel #5237). 

The observation is part of an observing training program at Taipei First
Girls' High School. This project is funded by the National Science Council
of Taiwan as part of the High Scope Program through grants NSC
101-2514-S-007-002 and NSC 101-2514-S-577-001.
Pre-discovery image of SN 2013ej: http://ace.fg.tp.edu.tw/

Editor: The discovery announcement appeared on TA E-Circular 2935.

Guy Hurst provides V photometry using the BRT: Sept 9.15UT, V=13.39; 22.16,
13.62; 23.19, 13.60; 26.17, 13.65; Oct 5.09, 13.86.

SUPERNOVA 2013fd IN ESO 353-G14 (STUART PARKER)
2013fd  Aug 27.56   01 34 00.66  -34 23 40.4  18.5r  5  "E   25  "S
N. Morrell: spectrum Aug 30 Las Campanas 2.5-m du Pont telescope indicates a
young type-II supernova.

SUPERNOVA 2013fe NEAR IC 1875 (CHASE PROJECT)
2013fe  Aug 13.40   03 03 53.25  -39 24 20.2  14.4   
It is more than 90 arc seconds from all the galaxies visible in the field so
the host is uncertain.
F. Bufano: spectrum Aug 26 SOAR telescope type-Ia supernova and similar to
SN 1994D at 10 days after maximum.

SUPERNOVA 2013ff IN NGC 2748 (BELLIGOLI and CASTELLANI)
2013ff  Aug 31.94   09 13 38.88  +76 28 10.8  16.0  19  "W   21  "N
S. Zaggia: spectrum Sept 2 Asiago 1.82-m type-Ic around maximum.

Guy M Hurst