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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1648      2001 Jun 17 20.04UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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TA AGM 2001
This year's AGM will be held at St.Mary's Church Hall, Basingstoke
on Saturday, September 22. Further details will be released
shortly.

SUPERNOVA 2001ci IN NGC 3079
A. V. Filippenko and R. Chornock, University of California at
Berkeley, report that a CCD spectrum (range 390-1000 nm), obtained
on May 30 UT with the Keck-II 10-m reflector, reveals that the
'possible supernova' in NGC 3079 (cf. IAUC 7618) is indeed a
supernova, of type Ic, about 2-3 weeks past maximum brightness.
The spectral shape is similar to that of SN 1990U at 12 days past
maximum (Matheson et al. 2001, A.J. 121, 1648), but extinguished by
5-6 mag at visual wavelengths.
IAUC 7638

SUPERNOVA 2001cj IN UGC 8399
M. Ganeshalingam and W. D. Li, University of California at
Berkeley, report the discovery by LOTOSS of an apparent supernova
in unfiltered images taken with the Katzman Automatic Imaging
Telescope (KAIT) on May 30.3 (mag about 15.9) and 31.3 UT (mag
about 15.7).  The new object is located at R.A. =
13h21m44s.85, Decl. = +31o14'48".6 (2000), which is 7".6 west and
35".2 north of the nucleus of UGC 8399.
IAUC 7640 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 2001ck IN UGC 9425
W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley, reports the
discovery by LOTOSS of an apparent supernova in unfiltered images
taken with the Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) on
June 3.3 (mag about 17.2) and 4.3 UT (mag about 16.8).  The new
object is located at R.A. = 14h37m50s.08, Decl. =
+30o29'02".2 (2000), which is 5".8 west and 3".0 north of the
northern nucleus of UGC 9425.  A KAIT image taken on May 24.3
showed nothing at this position (limiting mag about 18.5).
IAUC 7641

SUPERNOVA 2001cl IN NGC 7260
Li also reports the LOTOSS discovery by M. Papenkova of
another apparent supernova (mag about 17.2) in unfiltered images
taken with the KAIT on June 4.5 and 5.4 UT.  The new object is
located at R.A. = 22h22m37s.52, Decl. = -4 07'30".8 (2000.0),
which is 15".5 east and 16".0 south of the nucleus of NGC 7260.
A KAIT image of the same field taken on 2000 Dec. 5.2 showed
nothing at this position (limiting mag about 19.0).
IAUC 7641

SUPERNOVA 2001cm IN NGC 5965
X. J. Jiang and Y. L. Qiu, on behalf of Beijing Astronomical
Observatory supernova survey, report the discovery of an apparent
supernova found on unfiltered images taken on June 3.62 (mag about
17.5) and 5.72 UT (mag about 16.8).  SN 2001cm is located at R.A. =
15h34m06s.70, Decl. = +56o41'26".2 (2000), which is 36".2 east and
16".4 north of the nucleus of NGC 5965.  An image taken on
June 2.60 shows nothing at this position (limiting mag about 18.0).
IAUC 7641

Guy M Hurst