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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2998      2014 Apr 21 18.18UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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THE ASTRONOMER 50TH ANNIVERSARY MEETING 2014 MAY 10
Further to TA E-Circulars 2985 and 2986 issued on March 5, all bookings
received for the meeting on 2014 May 10, up until those received via post on
April 19, have now been processed and e-mail acknowledgements sent. The full
programme and admission document will be sent via e-mail about 10 days
before the meeting. 

If you have not received an email message please contact the editor with
details of your booking, date sent and amount of remittance so this can be
investigated.

For those who have not yet sent in a booking, could you please do so as soon
as possible.

SUPERNOVA 2014S (KISO SUPERNOVA SURVEY)
2014S   Feb 21.50   10 40 24.98  +53 57 58.6  18.8   6.6"W    5.4"N  
E. S. Walker: spectrum Feb 25 type-II about 20 days after explosion

SUPERNOVA 2014T (KISO SUPERNOVA SURVEY)
2014T   Feb 22.65   14 36 04.98  +02 20 34.2  18.7   1.5"E    1.6"N
E. S. Walker: spectrum Feb 25 type-IIn about 15 days after explosion.

SUPERNOVA 2014U IN NGC 3859 (KISO SUPERNOVA SURVEY)
2014U   Feb 23.53   11 44 52.16  +19 27 17.8  18.9   1.0"W    2.8"N 
E. Y. Hsiao: spectrum Feb 27 type-II 21 days past explosion.

SUPERNOVA 2014V IN NGC 3905 (PAN-STARRS1 3pi)
2014V   Feb 21.54   11 49 06.20  +09 43 33.7  18.4r  
The type-Ia supernovae 2001E and 2009ds also appeared on NGC 3905
N. Walton: spectrum Feb 23 young type-II at redshift z = 0.01926 (that of
NGC 3905; from de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991, Third Ref. Cat. of Bright
Galaxies, version 3.9; via NED).

SUPERNOVA 2014W (ROTSE)
2014W   Jan 25.25   11 54 42.29  +44 01 18.1  17.5   
J. M. Silverman: spectrum Mar 1 type-Ia roughly 2-3 weeks past maximum
brightness

SUPERNOVA 2014X IN ESO 379-G31 (STUART PARKER)
2014X   Mar  1.48   12 10 40.22  -34 03 40.7  16.8r 11  "E   14  "S 
An image of the variable can be viewed via website URL
http://tinyurl.com/lopk7sv
M. Childress: spectrum Mar 4 type-Ia about three weeks after maximum

Guy M Hurst