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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2977      2014 Jan 28 19.48UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
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SUPERNOVA 2014J IN M82, PRE-DISCOVERY 
W. Zheng et. al. (UC Berkeley) report on The Astronomer's Telegram 5822
their observations with the  0.76-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope
(KAIT), as part of the Lick Observatory Supernova Search, starting about 5
days before the discovery by Fossey et al. The supernova was detected in
KAIT unfiltered images obtained on Jan. 16.38, Jan 18.35, and Jan. 20.45 UT,
but there was no detection in KAIT images obtained on Jan 10.44 and Jan
14.37 UT. A preliminary analysis of the early-time light curve is shown at:
http://astro.berkeley.edu/bait/public_html/2014/sn2014J.html

SUPERNOVA 2014A IN NGC 5054 (LOSS)
2014A   Jan 01.58   13 16 59.36  -16 37 57.0  16.4  12.5"E    8.6"N
L. Le Guillou: spectrum Jan 2 best fit type-IIP SN 2003Z at 26 days after
explosion.

SUPERNOVA 2014B IN NGC 4939 (LOSS)
2014B   Jan 02.60   13 04 17.70  -10 20 01.2  17.0  48.6"E   21.7"N
Tianmeng Zhang: spectrum Jan 4 type-IIP after maximum.

SUPERNOVA 2014C IN NGC 7331 (LOSS)
2014C   Jan 05.09   22 37 05.60  +34 24 31.9  15.5  19.7"E   24.2"S
The supernova was also detected at red mag about 17.1 three days earlier on
a pre-discovery image taken on Jan. 2.10 UT.
Ron Arbour, South Wonston, England recorded a pre-discovery image on Jan
4.861 ar 15.8.
The type-II supernova 2013bu also appeared in NGC 7331.
Jujia Zhang: spectrum Jan 5 young type-Ib supernova. Comparison with earlier
objects suggests a match with SN 1999ex at -6 days.

Guy Hurst reports V photometry with robotic telescopes:
2014 Jan. 6.85, 15.39V (Bradford Robotic Telescope); 23.102, 15.43V (Sierra
Stars). These results used the earlier sequence by Howerton developed for
the study of SN 2013bu.

SUPERNOVA 2014D IN UGC 7170 (CATALINA REAL-TIME TRANSIENT SURVEY)
2014D   Jan 01.41   12 10 36.76  +18 49 35.4  17.0   3.0"W    4.7"S
Image posted at website URL http://www.astrogeo.va.it/pub/TOCP/PSN_U7170.jpg
E. Y. Hsiao: near-infrared spectrogram Jan 9 type-Ia near maximum

SUPERNOVA 2014E IN UGC 7034 (CATALINA REAL-TIME TRANSIENT SURVEY)
2014E   Jan 07.46   12 03 31.24  +02 02 35.7  16.4  95.7"W   13.2"S
Image at:
http://spaceobs.org/images/TOCP/PSNJ12033124+0202357-20140108.png)
L. Tartaglia: spectrum Jan 9 type-Ia a few days before B-maximum

SUPERNOVA 2014F IN NGC 6667 (KOICI ITAGAKI)
2014F   Jan 11.87   18 30 31.79  +67 59 29.7  16.8  44  "W   15  "N
The discovery image was posted at URL:
http://www.k-itagaki.jp/images/6667.jpg
M. Yamanaka: spectrum Jan 12 early type-II

Guy M Hurst