-------------------------------------------------------------------
THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2936      2013 Jly 31 12.45UT
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      Backup: gmh@wdcc1.bnsc.rl.ac.uk
WORLD WIDE WEB                         http://www.theastronomer.org
-------------------------------------------------------------------
EDITOR'S ABSENCE
The editor will be away and not contactable from Thursday morning, August 1
and will return late on Sunday August 4. During this short period should you
have any urgent queries such as discovery claims please e-mail Nick James
(details on the first page of each magazine). Please also send a copy of
your message to the editor (see this header) so they can be reviewed on my
return.

SUPERNOVA 2013dt IN NGC 7367 (STUART PARKER)
2013dt  Jun 30.70   22 44 35.60  +03 38 38.0  16.8r 18  "E    9  "N 
Parker has posted an image of the variable at URL http://tinyurl.com/k3mnxln
L. Tomasella: spectrum July 2 Asiago 1.82-m Copenico Telescope suggests
type-Ia a few days before maximum

SUPERNOVA 2013du IN PGC 5154 (STUART PARKER)
2013du  Jun 23.74   01 24 14.25  -34 43 36.4  18.5r  2  "E    1  "S
Parker posted his discovery image at website URL http://tinyurl.com/klxhk3v
He then found pre-discovery images showing the new object at mag 17.3 on May
7.757 and at mag 18.1 on June 11.671.
M. Childress: spectrum July 4.76UT suggests old type-II.

SUPERNOVA 2013dv (LA SAGRA SKY SURVEY)
2013dv  Jly  2.905  17 03 10.73  +27 26 53.9  17.1            8  "N
An LSSS image and the reference DSS image are posted at website URL
http://i.imgur.com/CCfekjw.png
D. Milisavljevic: spectrum July 7 type-Ia around maximum

SUPERNOVA 2013dw (THU-NAOC TRANSIENT SURVEY)
2013dw  Jly  2.60   16 13 58.84  +42 41 59.0  18.8   1.7"E    0.1"N
Jun Mo: spectrum July 5 type-IIn about one month after maximum

SUPERNOVA 2013dx = GRB 130702A
S. Schulze, et. al., Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile and Millennium
Center for Supernova Science report that they have been monitoring the
optical counterpart of GRB 130702A [discovered with the Fermi spacecraft).
It is located at:
RA 14h29m14s.78 DEC +15d 46'26.4" (2000); R-band mag 17.4 on July
2.178 UT, 4.2 hr after the gamma-ray-burst trigger, from imaging with the
Palomar 1.2-m Oschin Schmidt telescope, but 3.8 deg from the gamma-ray
position. Spectroscopy was obtained of the optical counterpart with the
2.5-m Nordic Optical Telescope 5.97 days after the onset of the gamma-ray
burst. Two broad emission features are clearly evident, peaking at about 490
and 560 nm with a local minimum at about 520 nm.  Via the SNID software the
spectrum resembles the broad-lined type-Ic supernova 1998bw at 7-8 days
after its explosion.

SUPERNOVA 2013dy IN NGC 7250 (LOSS)
2013dy  Jly 10.45   22 18 17.60  +40 34 09.6  17.0   2.1"W   24.9"N
Dave Balam, Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, National Research Council of
Canada et. al., report that a spectrogram obtained on July 13.31 UT with the
1.82-m Plaskett Telescope of the National Research Council of Canada, shows
it to be a type-Ia supernova one week prior to maximum light.

Guy M Hurst