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IAUC 7905: 2002cy; 2002cz; 2002da; 2002cw; XTE J0929-314

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                                                  Circular No. 7905
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SUPERNOVA 2002cy IN NGC 1762
     L. A. G. Monard, Pretoria, South Africa, reports his discovery
of an apparent supernova on unfiltered CCD images taken with a
0.30-m f/4.2 reflector on May 8.698 (mag 16.7), 12.690 (mag about
16.5), and 13.682 UT (mag 16.1).  SN 2002cy is located at R.A. =
5h03m35s.33, Decl. = +1 34'29".5 (equinox 2000.0), which is 30"
west and 5" north of the center of NGC 1762.  Nothing is present
in this location to limiting mag 19.5 on the Digitized Sky Survey.


SUPERNOVA 2002cz
     W. M. Wood-Vasey, G. Aldering, and P. Nugent, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, report the discovery of an apparent
supernova (mag 18.8) on NEAT images taken at Palomar (as reported
for SN 2002cx on IAUC 7902) on May 9.19 UT, confirmed at mag 18.6
on May 17.3 and 18.8.  SN 2002cz is located at R.A. = 13h34m02s.59,
Decl. = -14o49'19".7 (equinox 2000.0), which is 9" east of the
center of the apparent host galaxy.  No object is apparent at this
position on NEAT images taken on Apr. 30 (limiting mag 20).


SUPERNOVA 2002da
     Wood-Vasey et al. also report the discovery of an apparent
supernova on NEAT images taken at Palomar on May 16.3 (mag 18.8)
and 18.2 UT (mag 18.9).  SN 2002da is located at R.A. =
13h24m35s.96, Decl. = +21o20'08".2 (equinox 2000.0), which is 2"
west of the apparent host galaxy.  No object is apparent at this
location on images from May 3 (limiting mag 20).


SUPERNOVA 2002cw IN NGC 6700
     A. V. Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley, reports
that inspection of a CCD spectrum (490-820 nm) obtained by M.
Brotherton and P. Nandra on May 18 UT with the Mayall 4-m reflector
at Kitt Peak reveals that SN 2002cw (cf. IAUC 7902) is of type Ib,
a few weeks after the explosion.  He I lines with P-Cyg profiles
are visible, and there is no obvious H-alpha emission.


XTE J0929-314
     Corrigendum.  On IAUC 7900, line 8, *for*  UT  *read*  TDB

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2002 May 20                    (7905)            Daniel W. E. Green

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