------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1883 2003 May 07 16.22UT 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 WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.theastronomer.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPERNOVA 2003dj, 2003dk Additional supernova discoveries on NEAT images have been reported by W. M. Wood-Vasey on IAUC 8115: 2003dj RA 13h 16m 22.04s DEC +19 25' 53.4" (2000) mag 20.0 First recorded Mar 24.46UT. 3.4"E and 2.1"N of the host galaxy. 2003dk RA 13h 15m 31.65s DEC -07 20' 55.8" (2000) mag 19.2 First recorded Mar 27.34UT. 2.3"W and 3.1"S of the host galaxy. SUPERNOVA 2003dl This possible magnitude 19.2 supernova has been reported by J. Graham and W. Li on IAUC 8115 as noted on LOTOSS/KAIT images of 2003 March 31.5UT at: RA 14h 56m 36.25s DEC +30 14' 21.5" (2000). SUPERNOVA 2003dm, 2003dn, 2003do, 2003dp, 2003dq Five further possible supernovae have been reported on IAUC 8117 as detected on NEAT images: SN 2003 RA (2000) DEC mag Offsets 2003dm Mar. 22.20 11 31 38.15 +25 34 14.3 19.2 2" W, 1" N 2003dn Apr. 7.30 11 20 08.03 +25 36 48.7 20.0 6" S 2003do Apr. 8.29 13 03 29.37 +27 19 11.1 19.9 1".4 E, 1".3 S 2003dp Apr. 8.36 13 13 24.23 +27 56 09.3 20.0 3".1 W 2003dq Apr. 10.15 11 04 45.44 +15 26 49.4 18.9 0".3 E, 1".9 S SUPERNOVA 2003dr IN NGC 5714 This object has been discovered independently by Tim Puckett and D. Toth and also by Michael Schwartz and P.R.Holvorcem. On April 12.4, Holvorcem recorded it magnitude 17.9. The positional data is from Puckett: RA 14h 38m 11.13s DEC +46 38' 03.4" (2000) with offsets of 3.7"N and 13.9"S of the nucleus of NGC 5714 according to IAUC 8117. SUPERNOVA 2003di: CORRECTION The object reported on TA E-Circular 1882 as discovered on NEAT images of Feb 4.58UT has been designated as Supernova 2003di and not 2003dh as stated earlier. (14550) Lehky = 1997 UU7 We are delighted to read on Minor Planet Center Circular 48158 of 2003 March 18 that Martin Lehky, a TA subscriber, has had an asteroid named after him. The citation reads: Discovered 1997 Oct. 27 by L. Sarounova at Ondrejov. Martin Lehky (b. 1972) is a Czech amateur astronomer and visual and CCD observer of comets, variable stars and minor planets. He is also interested in observations of occultations of stars by solar- system bodies, eclipses, meteors and astrophotography. Martin has contributed his observations to 'The Astronomer' for many years and he attended the AGM of The Astronomer on 1996 September 28 when it was a delight to make his acquaintance. We congratulate him on this well-deserved recognition. Guy M Hurst