AAVSO: Supernova Search Manual, Addresses & Phone Numbers For Verification

For the purpose of verifying a possible supernova discovery, the following names, addresses, and phone numbers may be useful. Use the contact person nearest to yourself, or the person who will be in the best positon to test your discovery.

Australia

Rev. Robert O. Evans
P.O. Box 131. Hazelbrook
Villa 7. No. 1 Glendarrah Street
Hazelbrook. N. S. W. 2779
Australia
Phone: 047-589053

Mr. Thomas A. Cragg
19 Belar Street
Coonabarabran, NSW 2357
Australia
Phone: 68 421544 (home)
68 421122 (work)

Italy

Mr. Mirko Villi
CP 7114
47100 Forli
Italy
Phone: 543 725456

Japan

Mrs. Reiki Kushida
Yatsugatake Southbase Observatory
8697-1 Yato
Oizumi-mura. Kitakoma-gun
Yamanashi-ken
T409-15
Japan
Phone: 0551-38-3987
Fax: 0551-38-4254

Mr. Kaoru Ikeya
4410 Mikura
Mori-machi. Shuchi-gun
Shizuoka-ken. 437-02
Japan

Spain

Mr. Jose Ripero
La Pensa, 6
1-4 (Urb. Pablo Iglesias)
28529. Rivas Vaciamadrid
Madrid
Spain
Phone: 1 666 0449

Mr. Francisco Pujol
Fernando el Catolico. 3. 5o A. Izqda.
28015 Madrid
Spain
Phone: 1 447 9015 (weekdays)
18 291181 (weekends)

United Kingdom

Mr. Guy Hurst
16 Westminster Close
Kempshott Rise
Basingstoke. Hants. RG22 4PP
United Kingdom
Phone: 256 471 074

United States and Canada

AAVSO verification team:

Mr. Charles E. Scovil
154 Cold Spring Rd., Suite 66
Stamford, CT 06905
Phone: 203-348-5158
Fax: 203-322-9000
email: c.scovil@genie.geis.com
(Chief of AAVSO Verification Team.)

Mr. Louis Cox
Box 1135
Deep River, ON K0J 1P0
Canada
Phone: 613 584 3157

Mrs. Barbara Wilson
12346 Wellington Park
Houston, TX 77072
Phone 713 933 1289

Mr. John W. Griese III
Apt. 100
965 Elms Common Drive
Rocky Hill, CT 06067
Phone: 203 721 9629

Sunsearch Contacts in the United States:

Mr. Wayne P. Johnson (Sunsearch Leader)
21870 Mary Street
Mead Valley, CA 92570
Phone: 909-653-8813

Mr. Dana Patchick
11030 Aletta Avenue
Culver City, CA 90232
Phone: (213) 837 5637 All inquiries about membership in the AAVSO and all general inquiries, should be directed to the Director of the AAVSO. Confirmed supernova discoveries should be reported to the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams and the AAVSO Headquarters.

Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams 
Dr. Brian Marsden, Director
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Phone: (617) 495-7244/7440/7444 
       (emergencies only)
marsden@cfa.harvard.edu or green@cfa.harvard.edu

AAVSO
49 Bay State Rd.
Cambridge, MA 02138-1205 USA
Phone: (617)354-0484
Fax:   (617)354-0665
aavso@aavso.org

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