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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1830      2002 Dec 07 16.36UT
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 2003
Following considerable positive feedback to the appeals in TA for
November and the note on E1828, this event has now been booked for
Alston Hall and will be held on the weekend of 2003 October 10-12.
We are grateful to Denis Buczynski and Glyn Marsh for their kind
offer to organise the event, which we hope will be well supported.

SUPERNOVA 2002ib IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
W. M. Wood-Vasey has reported on IAUC 8019 that a possible
supernova has been found on a NEAT image with the Palomar 1.2-m
Schmidt obtained on 2002 Oct 31 at magnitude 19.8. The position is:
RA 00h 54m 07.45s DEC +17 33' 53.7" (2000), which is 1" east of the
centre of the anonymous galaxy.

SUPERNOVA 2002ic IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Wood-Vasey has also reported a further discovery on IAUC 8019. The
supernova candidate of magnitude 18.5 was first recorded on NEAT
images of Nov 13. The position is:
RA 01h 30m 02.55s DEC +21 53' 06.9" (2000), which is 3.6"W of the
centre of an anonymous galaxy.

SUPERNOVA 2002id-2002it
IAUC 8020 carries details of the SDSS detection of 17 supernovae
recorded on 2002 Oct 10 or earlier on 2001 Nov 12. All are objects
of magnitude 19 or fainter with spectral confirmation.

Guy M Hurst