Circular No. 8444 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) SUPERNOVAE 2004gf, 2004gg, 2004gh, 2004gi Four new apparent supernovae have been reported from unfiltered CCD images, 2004gf by T. Boles (cf. IAUC 8437), and the rest by M. Moore, K. Shimasaki, and W. Li (LOSS/KAIT; cf. IAUC 8443). SN 2004 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset 2004gf Nov. 20.872 21 57 52.39 +42 18 57.8 17.2 26".3 W, 35".6 N 2004gg Nov. 16.50 9 46 49.10 +16 02 44.5 18.5 6".1 W, 10".7 N 2004gh Nov. 16.55 10 24 31.55 -23 33 18.2 17.6 0".7 E, 7".5 S 2004gi Nov. 17.57 10 39 23.34 -27 54 40.0 14.9 21".4 W, 4".8 N Additional magnitudes from the respective discoverers: SN 2004gf in UGC 11864, 1989 July 9, [20.0 (blue, Digitized Sky Survey); Sept. 3, [20.5 (red, Digitized Sky Survey); 2004 Oct. 4, [19.5; Nov. 21.871, 17.2. SN 2004gg in UGC 5234, May 2.21 UT, [19.5; Nov. 22.58, 18.7. SN 2004gh in MCG -04-25-6, May 4.20, [19.0; Nov. 22.56, 17.6. SN 2004gi in MCG -05-25-32, May 4.21, [19.5, Nov. 22.58, 15.1. SN 2003W also appeared in UGC 5234, somewhat closer to the galaxy's center. COMET C/2004 RG_113 (LINEAR) M. Bezpalko, Lincoln Laboratory, reports the LINEAR discovery of an apparent comet with a short tail in p.a. about 195 deg on Nov. 20.435 UT. This object was identified by the Minor Planet Center with the apparently asteroidal object 2004 RG_113 (also found by LINEAR; cf. MPS 113143 -- Sept. 19 batch), with the discovery observations given below. 2004 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. Mag. Sept. 6.39770 5 30 15.54 +41 08 17.9 19.2 Nov. 20.43521 7 32 14.63 +53 40 09.8 18.4 The available observations, the following orbital elements, and an ephemeris appear on MPEC 2004-W38. Epoch = 2005 Mar. 11.0 TT T = 2005 Mar. 3.7235 TT Peri. = 125.3104 e = 0.997212 Node = 8.7720 2000.0 q = 1.942281 AU Incl. = 21.6180 (C) Copyright 2004 CBAT 2004 November 23 (8444) Daniel W. E. Green