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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 3048      2014 Dec 21 16.46UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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V1454 CYGNI
Jeremy Shears, Cheshire, England reports an outburst of V1454 Cygni (on
recurrent objects programme). The unfiltered CCD magnitude was 14.4 from an
image of 2014 Dec 19.785UT. Gary Poyner confirms: Dec 19.797UT 14.6v
(0.51-m). He adds:
This is the first outburst detected since 2012 May 10 (Dubovsky & Miller),
and only the 5th outburst recorded since the star was added to the BAAVSS
Recurrent Objects Programme in 1996.  It is classed as UGSU, but the
unfavourable position of the field at this time of year is likely to prevent
any meaningful time series - unless someone wants to give it a go for as
long as they can!

SUPERNOVA 2014dh (KISS COLLABORATION)
2014dh  Sep 16.46   20 56 32.41  -00 32 47.1  18.5   1.1”W    1.5”S    
M. Stritzinger: spectrum Sept. 17 Nordic Optical Telescope indicates type-Ia
near maximum.
CBET 3982 issued Sep 19

SUPERNOVA 2014di IN ESO 244-G31 (BERTO MONARD)
2014di  Sep 21.01   01 30 03.40  -42 41 48.7  18.1  22  “W   38  “S
N. Blagorodnova: spectrum Sept 23 3.6-m New Technology Telescope shows it to
be a young pre-maximum type-II supernova.
CBET 3992 issued Sep 28

SUPERNOVA 2014dj IN NGC 317B (D. RICH)
2014dj  Sep 24.15   00 57 40.18  +43 47 35.1  17.0   2.4”W    3.1”N
L. Tomasella: spectrum Sept 26 with the Asiago 1.82-m Copernico Telescope
shows it to be a type-Ic supernova with a good match to supernova 2007gr.
CBET 3993 issued Sep 29

SUPERNOVA 2014dk (CATALINA REAL-TIME TRANSIENT SURVEY)
2014dk  Sep 25.36   00 28 11.96  +07 09 43.9  17.0   1.9”W    3.8”N
L. Tomasella: spectrum Sept 27 with the Asiago 1.82-m Copernico Telescope
indicating a type-Ia supernova at a redshift of about
0.038. A good match is found with several normal type-Ia supernovae about
ten days before maximum light.
CBET 3994 issued Sep 29

SUPERNOVA 2014dl IN UGC 10414 (CATALINA REAL-TIME TRANSIENT SURVEY)
2014dl  Sep 25.11   16 29 46.09  +08 38 30.6  16.5  18.0”W    8.7”S
V. Nascimbeni: spectrum Sept 27 with the Asiago 1.82-m Copernico Telescope
(+ AFOSC) under the Asiago Transient Classification Program. SN 2014dl is a
peculiar type-Ia supernova around a week before maximum.
CBET 3995 issued Sep 29

SUPERNOVA 2014dm IN NGC 1516A (K. ITAGAKI)
2014dm  Sep 27.69   04 08 07.13  -08 49 37.2  16.5   4.9”W    7.9”N
Itagaki's discovery image has been posted at website URL
http://www.k-itagaki.jp/images/1516A.jpg
I. Shivvers: spectrum Sept 28 type-Ia near maximum.
CBET 3996 issued Sep 30

Guy M Hurst