[vsnet-chat 7187] Re: Supernovae and amateur astronomers

[Hitoshi YAMAOKA]

Re: Supernovae and amateur astronomers

>> I've got a question from the discoverer of SN2005cs, Wolfgang
>> Kloehr: Do you know which has been the last supernova detected by
>> an amateur astronomer? 

>Could it be Tom Boles discovery of SN 2005dj in UGC 3545 on
>Aug 18 2005, announced on IAUC 8585?

SN	discoverer		date	 	IAUC
2005dj	T. Boles		Aug. 18.086	8585
2005dk	Luckas Trondal Schwartz Aug. 21.53	8586
2005dl  Dimai Migliardi		Aug. 25.1       8588

  If "an amateur astronomer" in the original question means "one
person", Gary's answer is OK at this moment (Aug. 28.7 UT).  SNe
2005dk and 2005dl are, however, other SNe discovered by "amateurs". 

Sincerely,
Hitoshi