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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 3028      2014 Sep 27 12.12UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
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V2659 CYGNI = NOVA CYGNI 2014 = PNV J20214234+3103296
As first announced, K. Nishiyama (Kurume, Japan) and F. Kabashima (Miyaki,
Japan) reported their discovery of a possible nova (mag 10.9) on two 40-s
unfiltered CCD frames (limiting mag 13.1) taken around 2014 Mar. 31.790 UT
using a 105-mm-f.l. f/4 camera lens.

The variable is located at:
RA 20h 21m 42.34s DEC +31o 03' 29.6" (2000).  Nothing is visible at this
position on their survey frames taken on Mar. 27.781 (limiting mag 13.4),
but it is apparently visible at mag 12.4 on a pre-discovery image taken on
Mar. 30.769.  The variable was designated PNV J20214234+3103296 when it was
posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage.  Additional details are given
on CBET 3842, including several spectroscopic reports classifying the object
as an "Fe II"- type classical nova close to maximum brightness with
appreciable reddening.

Editor: Observers and contributors should now use V2659 Cygni for their
reported results please.

SUPERNOVA 2014cg IN UGC 11512 (F CIABATTARI)
2014cg  Jly 18.95   20 04 34.85  +12 44 16.8  17.8   4  "E    7  "S 
J. Zhang: spectrum July 24 type-Ia a few days after maximum.
The continuum of the spectrum is very red, suggesting that this supernova
may suffer significant reddening from the host galaxy.

SUPERNOVA 2014ch (CATALINA REAL-TIME TRANSIENT SURVEY)
2014ch  May 30.34   15 58 31.03  +12 51 58.6  17.4   0.9"E    1.0"N
An independent discovery of this object was reported by T.-m. Zhang,
National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC) at mag 17.5 on
unfiltered CCD images taken on May 29.23 UT using the 0.6-m NAOC Schmidt
telescope in the course of the THU-NAOC Transient Survey (TNTS).
Dave Balam, Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, National Research Council of
Canada et. al. report that a spectrogram on June 4.38 UT with the 1.82-m
Plaskett Telescope of the National Research Council of Canada, shows it to
be a type-Ia supernova near maximum light.

SUPERNOVA 2014ci (ITALIAN SUPERNOVAE SEARCH PROJECT)
2014ci  Jly 16.03   22 34 04.80  +68 26 24.0  17.2   2  "E    4  "S
L. Tomasella: spectrum July 18 type-Ia about three weeks after B-Band
maximum.

Guy M Hurst