AAVSO Alert Notice

SUBJECT: 0242-30B SUPERNOVA 2003B NEAR NGC 1097

0242-30B SUPERNOVA 2003B NEAR NGC 1097 (FORNAX)

Event: Supernova

Discovered By: R. Evans, Hazelbrook, N.S.W. (IAUC No. 8042)

SUBJECT: 1009+03B SUPERNOVA 2003CG IN NGC 3169

1009+03B SUPERNOVA 2003CG IN NGC 3169 (SEXTANS)

Event: Supernova

Independently Discovered By: K. Itagati, Teppo-machi, Yamagata, Japan; R. Arbour, South Wonston, Hampshire, England (IAUC No. 8097)

SUBJECTS: 1041-59 ETA CAR; 2349+56 RHO CAS

OBSERVATIONS REQUESTED: 1041-59 ETA CAR and 2349+56 RHO CAS

EVENTS: Possible optical brightening of eta Car over next few months; Possible optical fading of rho Cas over next few months

Subject: Request For Monitoring of Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable 1931-46 QS Tel

Object: 1931-46 QS Tel

Event: Request for optical monitoring

Subject: 1813-28B NOVA SAGITTARII 2004 - POSSIBLE NOVA IN SAGITTARIUS

Event: Possible nova

Announced in: IAU Circular 8306, 17 March 2004

SUBJECT: 1732-23 NOVA OPHIUCHI 2004 - POSSIBLE NOVA IN OPHIUCHUS

Event: Possible nova

Announced in: IAU Circular 8323, 15 April 2004

Discovered by: Akira Takao, Kitakyushu, Japan (reported via H. Yamaoka, Kyushu University, Japan, IAUC 8323)

SUBJECT: Request for Monitoring of SU UMa-type Cataclysmic Variable 0409-71 VW Hydri

Object: 0409-71 VW Hydri

Event: Request for optical monitoring - visual and CCD(V)

SUBJECT:

SUBJECT: 1706-30 Nova Scorpii 2004

Object: 1706-30 N Sco 04 (ASAS 171251-3056.6)

Event: Nova in Scorpius

Discovered By: Grzegorz Pojmanski, Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Poland, in ASAS-3 (All-Sky Automated Survey) data (IAU Circular 8369)

SUBJECT: 0409-71 VW HYDRI IN OUTBURST - UPDATE ON REQUEST FOR MONITORING