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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2959      2013 Oct 30 10.57UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SKY AT NIGHT
In response to several enquiries, we understand that following recent
meetings the BBC TV have decided to continue to broadcast 'The Sky at Night'
demonstrating that the voices of those of you who voted on-line (the voters
list ended at about 40,000) have been heard. It will however lose its BBC-1
slot and take BBC-4 as its 'home' with repeats on BBC-2. After earlier
version were run by 'guest' presenters it is not clear who will 'chair'
future episodes.

PNV J19023335+0315190 IN AQUILA
According to AAVSO Notice 374, Koichi Itagaki, Japan reports via
vsnet-alert his discovery of a possible variable or nova in Aquila located
at: RA 19h 02m 33.35s DEC +03 15' 19.0" (2000)
On 2013 Oct. 28.45UT, the unfiltered magnitude was 13.8. Image:
http://www.k-itagaki.jp/images/aql-pnv.jpg.

According to the Central Bureau TOCP page Gianluca Masi observed it on 2013
Oct 28.78UT remotely using the 17" robotic unit part of the Virtual
Telescope Project facility in Ceccano, Italy. Unfiltered images show a faint
source at mag. 13.5R. Astrometry yielded end figures: RA 33.38s DEC 18.9".

Roger Pickard reports via baavss-alert a V magnitude on Oct 28.8375UT of
15.77V.

David Boyd advises he obtained a rather noisy spectrum of this object on Oct
29. It was only about 20 degrees above the horizon at the time and
disappearing behind a tree. It is similar to the spectrum reported by Terry
Bohlsen in Australia earlier today on vsnet, just H-alpha emission and
little else.

SUPERNOVA 2013fk IN UGC 1442 (ITALIAN SUPERNOVA SEARCH PROJECT)
2013fk  Sep  3.06   01 57 33.55  -02 05 57.2  18.5   4  "W    9  "N
Masaomi Tanaka: spectrum Sept 10 similar to that of type-Ia supernovae at
about 100 days after maximum light.

SUPERNOVA 2013fm IN PGC 21194 (P. BALANUTSA, MASTER-AMUR)
2013fm  Sep  6.77   07 31 05.40  +57 56 10.8  17.0   7  "W   11  "S
Jun Mo: spectrum Sept 25 type-Ia about a month after maximum

Guy M Hurst