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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 3000      2014 May 06 07.10UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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APPARENT SUPERNOVA IN UGC 10318
Tom Boles, Coddenham, England, reports the discovery of an apparent
magnitude 17.6 supernova on unfiltered CCD images taken on 2014 May 03.972
and 4.943 with a 0.35-m reflector during UK Supernova patrol searches. The
object is located at:
RA 16h16m18s.16 DEC +64o 06' 06.3" (2000), approximately 2".0 east and 2".7
south of the center of the galaxy UGC 10318.

Nothing is present at this position on Tom's images of 2013 July 17 and May
02 (limiting mag 19.5) or on the Digitised Sky Survey Plates of 1991 May 31
(limiting red mag 20.5), and 1988 March 24 (limiting blue mag 21.0).

Giancula Masi recorded the new object on 2014 May 05.862UT remotely using
the 17"-f/6.8 corrected Dall-Kirkham robotic unit part of the Virtual
Telescope Project facility, at Bellatrix Astronomical Observatory in
Ceccano, Italy. 120-seconds exposures, unfiltered, show the source at mag.
18.0 (R mags for the reference stars from UCAC-4). Astrometry, yielded end
figures: 18.19; 04.5 (J2000.0, mean residuals of 0.2" on both axes).
News of a spectral confirmation and designation by the Central Bureau is
awaited.

Guy M Hurst