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IAUC 7751: 2001fw; 2001ej, 2001fx,, 2001fy; C/2000 WM_1

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                                                  Circular No. 7751
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SUPERNOVA 2001fw IN UGC 2116
     T. Puckett and M. Marcus, Mountain Town, GA, report the
discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 18.2) on an unfiltered CCD
frame taken with the Puckett Observatory 0.60-m automated supernova
patrol telescope on Nov. 11.15 UT.  SN 2001fw is located at R.A. =
2h38m10s.45, Decl. = +30o50'54".6 (equinox 2000.0), which is 8".8
west and 1".5 north of the center of UGC 2116.  The new object was
confirmed on CCD frames taken on Nov. 12.19.  SN 2001fw is not
present on images taken by Puckett on Feb. 5, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, and
26 (limiting mag about 20.5), or on Palomar Sky Survey images taken
on 1993 Nov. 20, 1991 Oct. 5 (limiting mag about 21.0), and 1954
Dec. 25 (limiting mag about 19.7).


SUPERNOVAE 2001ej, 2001fx, AND 2001fy
     M. Papenkova and W. D. Li, University of California at
Berkeley, report observations by LOTOSS (cf. IAUC 7514) of SN
2001ej and two new apparent supernovae in unfiltered Katzman
Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) images:

SN      2000 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.     R       Offset
2001fx  Nov. 8.2   23 39 32.72  -22 24 46.3   18.2   8".0 E, 1".3 N
2001fy  Nov. 7.2   22 08 54.03  +40 20 50.3   18.7   2".9 W, 1".5 S

Additional magnitude estimates from CCD images taken by KAIT and by
M. Schwartz with the Tenagra Observatory 0.5-m telescope (the
latter denoted by T):  SN 2001ej in UGC 3829, Mar. 24.3 UT, [19.0;
Oct. 23.5 (T), Nov. 1.5, and 10.5, about 17.5.  SN 2001fx in IC
5345, Oct. 14.2, [19.0; 20.2, (hint); 25.2, (hint); Nov. 1.2,
(hint); Nov. 10.2, about 18.3; 11.2, about 18.3 (T).  SN 2001fy in
UGC 11922, Nov. 1.2, [19.5; 12.2, about 18.4 (T).


COMET C/2000 WM_1 (LINEAR)
     Visual m_1 and coma-diameter estimates:  Oct. 8.82 UT, 11.1,
2'.8 (R. Bouma, Groningen, The Netherlands, 0.31-m reflector);
23.04, 10.0, 2'.6 (B. H. Granslo, Fjellhamar, Norway, 0.20-m
reflector); 28.14, 10.0, 3'.0 (N. Biver, Poigny, France, 0.26-m
reflector); Nov. 3.72, 9.4, 3' (A. Baransky, Kiev, Ukraine, 0.36-m
reflector); 9.74, 8.2, 7'.5 (Bouma, 15x80 binoculars); 12.12, 8.3,
6' (P. M. Raymundo, Salvador, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars).

                      (C) Copyright 2001 CBAT
2001 November 12               (7751)            Daniel W. E. Green

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