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Circular No. 7517 Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION Mailstop 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions) CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science) URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html ISSN 0081-0304 Phone 617-495-7440/7244/7444 (for emergency use only) SUPERNOVA 2000ej IN IC 1371 M. Schwartz, Cottage Grove, OR; and W. D. Li and A. V. Filippenko, University of California at Berkeley, report the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag about 18) on unfiltered images taken with the 0.5-m Tenagra III telescope on Nov. 2.2 and 6.2 UT in the course of the LOTOSS (cf. IAUC 7514). The new object is located at R.A. = 21h20m15s.66, Decl. = -4 52'40".5 (equinox 2000.0), which is 5".8 south of the nucleus of IC 1371. Photometry of the supernova is difficult because of its proximity to the bright nucleus of the host galaxy. An unfiltered image taken with the 0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope on Sept. 29.2 showed nothing at the position of SN 2000ej (limiting mag about 19.0). SUPERNOVA 2000dw IN UGC 11955 Filippenko and Li also report that inspection of noisy CCD spectra (range 330-1000 nm) of SN 2000dw (cf. IAUC 7511), obtained on Nov. 1 UT with the Shane 3-m reflector at Lick Observatory, reveals that the object is a normal type-II supernova. H-alpha has a classic P-Cyg profile. SUNGRAZING COMETS Further to IAUC 7514 and 7485, D. Hammer reports his measurements for eight additional Kreutz sungrazing comets found on SOHO website images. Comet C/1997 T7 was found by X. Leprette; the other seven objects were found by M. Oates. All eight comets were seen in the C2 coronagraph, but only only C/1999 V2 was also visible with the C3 instrument. The reduced observations and orbital elements by B. G. Marsden are given on the MPECs cited below. Comet 1997 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. MPEC C/1997 T6 Oct. 1.994 12 23.2 - 3 58 2000-V14 C/1997 T7 8.335 12 46.5 - 6 30 2000-V22 Comet 1999 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. MPEC C/1999 U7 Oct. 27.129 13 57.0 -13 32 2000-V14 C/1999 U8 29.326 14 05.9 -14 21 2000-V14 C/1999 U9 30.271 14 10.1 -14 44 2000-V14 C/1999 V2 Nov. 7.721 14 37.8 -18 29 2000-V22 C/1999 V3 14.746 15 15.3 -19 44 2000-V22 C/1999 V4 15.538 15 18.6 -19 54 2000-V22 (C) Copyright 2000 CBAT 2000 November 6 (7517) Daniel W. E. Green
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