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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1438      1999 Aug 29 09.34UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK             GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK
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SUPERNOVA 1999dk IN UGC 1087
M. Modjaz and W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley, on
behalf of the Lick Observatory Supernova Search, report the
discovery with the 0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT)
of an apparent supernova in UGC 1087.  The supernova was discovered
and confirmed on unfiltered CCD images taken on Aug. 12.5 UT
(mag about 16.7) and Aug.13.5 UT (mag about 16.4).  The new object
is located at R.A. = 01h31m26s.92, Decl. = +14o17'05".7 (2000),
which is 4".1 east and 26".2 north of the nucleus.
IAUC 7237

SUPERNOVA 1999dl IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
T. Puckett and M. Marcus, Mountain Town, GA, report their discovery
of an apparent supernova (mag 19.1) on an unfiltered CCD image
(limiting mag 20.6) taken with the Puckett Observatory 0.60-m
automated supernova patrol telescope on Aug. 11.32 UT.  The
candidate is located at R.A. = 23h04m11s.70, Decl. = +27o07'07".3
(2000), which is 2".8 east and 8".9 south of the nucleus.
IAUC 7237

SUPERNOVA 1999dm IN ABELL 2065
M. G. Lee, on behalf of the Seoul National University, Department
of Astronomy, supernova search team, reports the discovery of an
apparent supernova (R mag 18.8) in four R-band CCD images (limiting
R mag 21) taken with the 1.8-m reflector of the Bohyunsan Optical
Astronomical Observatory (BOA) on 1999 June 18.64 UT.  The object
is located at R.A. = 15h22m28s.95, Decl. = +27o42'44".9 (2000),
which is 0".8 west and 13".1 south of the nucleus of Abell 2065-164
(Postman, Geller and Huchra, 1998, AJ, 95, 267), and was not
visible in CCD images taken on 1999 Jan.17.
IAUC 7237

NOVA IN THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD
J.-F. Glicenstein (DAPNIA, Saclay), on behalf of the EROS2
collaboration, reports the discovery of an apparent nova in the
Small Magellanic Cloud.  The object, located at:
R.A. = 00h53m40s.0, Decl. = -72o12'32" (2000), triggered the EROS2
microlensing alert system and peaked in brightness sometime between
consecutive observations on 1999 July 26.1 UT (fainter than V about
20.6) and 28.1 UT (Rc = 13.6).  The object had faded to Rc = 15.6
by Aug. 13 UT.
IAUC 7239

NOVA IN NGC 205
R. Johnson and M. Modjaz, University of California at Berkeley, on
behalf of the Lick Observatory Supernova Search, report the
discovery with the 0.8-m Katzman automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT)
of an apparent nova in NGC 205 (M110).  The object was discovered
on unfiltered CCD frames on Aug.17.3 UT (mag about 18.1) and
confirmed on similar frames taken on Aug. 15.5 (mag about 17.5),
16.6 (mag about 18.1), and 18.3 (mag about 19.0).  The new star is
located at R.A. = 0h40m22s.65, Decl.= +41o45'48".4 (2000), which is
about 8" east and 280" north of the nucleus of NGC 205.
IAUC 7240

Guy M Hurst