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IAUC 7286: 1999ej; 1999ek in UGC 3329; N IN SMC 1999 No. 3

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                                                  Circular No. 7286
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SUPERNOVA 1999ej IN NGC 495
     A. Friedman, J. Y. King, and W. D. Li, University of
California at Berkeley (UCB), report the discovery by the Lick
Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS; cf. IAUC 6627, 7126) with the
0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) of an apparent
supernova in NGC 495.  SN 1999ej was discovered and confirmed on
unfiltered images taken on Oct. 18.3 and 19.3 UT (both with mag
about 18.1).  The new object is located at R.A. = 1h22m57s.38,
Decl. = +33o27'58".0 (equinox 2000.0), which is 17".7 east and
20".1 south of the nucleus of NGC 495.  A KAIT image of the same
field on Oct. 15.3 (limiting mag about 19.0) showed nothing at this
position.


SUPERNOVA 1999ek in UGC 3329
     R. Johnson and W. D. Li, UCB, also report the discovery by the
LOSS with the KAIT of an apparent supernova in UGC 3329.  SN 1999ek
was discovered and confirmed on unfiltered images taken on Oct.
20.5 (mag about 18.1) and 21.4 UT (mag about 17.9).  The new object
is located at R.A. = 5h36m31s.60, Decl. = +16o38'17".8 (equinox
2000.0), which is 11".7 west and 12".1 south of the nucleus of UGC
3329.  A KAIT image of the same field on 1998 Oct. 21.5 (limiting
mag about 19.5) showed nothing at this position.


NOVA IN SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD 1999 No. 3
     J.-F. Glicenstein, Departement d'Astrophysique, de Physique
des Particules, de Physique Nucleaire et d'Instrumentation Associee,
Saclay, on behalf of the EROS2 collaboration, reports the discovery
of an apparent nova that triggered the EROS2 microlensing alert
system.  The new object is located at R.A. = 0h59m23s.0, Decl. =
-73o07'56" (equinox 2000.0), and it peaked in brightness some time
between consecutive observations on Sept. 17.1 and 18.2 UT.  Prior
to eruption, on Sept. 17.1, the closest star (within 2") had an
apparent magnitude of R_c = 19.6; the limiting magnitude on the
exposures is roughly 20 in both the EROS 'blue' and 'R' bands.  On
Sept. 18.2, the nova was at R_c = 13.3; it reached a maximum around
Sept. 22, saturating the CCDs (R_c < 12.8; the EROS R-band flux
increased by a factor of 3 compared to that on Sept. 18).  It is
now fading; recent R_c magnitudes:  Oct. 17, 13.3; 18, 13.7, 19,
13.9.  See finding charts at http://www-dapnia.cea.fr/Phys/Spp/
Experiences/EROS/novae/en-smc-99-2/index.html.

                      (C) Copyright 1999 CBAT
1999 October 21                (7286)            Daniel W. E. Green

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