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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1417      1999 Jun 08 20.30UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK             GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK
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ANNUAL AWARDS
In the May issue of TA we invited votes for the best contributors
to Volume 35 covering the period 1998 May to 1999 April. There has
been an exceptional low response despite the deadline being only
two days away.

Voting can be made by Internet and should provide separate names
for:

a) Best contributor to the Cover material.
b) Best overall contributor to the magazine and 'TA' in general.

Please e-mail your vote with the two names and your own details
to the Editor within the next 48 hours.

SUPERNOVAE 1999cj AND 1999ck IN ANONYMOUS GALAXIES
D. Hardin, Laboratoire de Physique Nucleaire et des Hautes
Energies, CNRS/IN2P3, and Universites Paris VI et VII, on behalf of
the European Supernova Cosmology Consortium report two type-Ia
supernovae found with the Isaac Newton 2.5-m telescope in their
1999 Intermediate Redshift Supernova Search:
SN       1999 UT     R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    R     Offset
1999cj   Apr. 17   10 14 02.46  - 0 14 02.5  19.2   2".5 E, 0".6 S
1999ck   Apr. 16   14 08 56.59  - 0 05 50.7  21.9   1".0 E, 0".8 S
SN1999cj was discovered about 7 days past maximum.  SN1999ck was
discovered about 5 days before maximum.  Both objects were
confirmed with spectra obtained on Apr. 19 at the William Herschel
Telescope.
IAUC 7182 (extract)

COMET C/1999 K8 (LINEAR)
Another apparently asteroidal object discovered by LINEAR and
posted on The NEO Confirmation Page, has been reported as cometary
on May 27 by L. Sarounova (Ondrejov; coma diameter at least 30"
with condensed nucleus), by M. Tichy and Z. Moravec (Klet; 10"
coma), and by R. A. Koff (Thornton, CO; diffuse coma of diameter
about 8").

     1999 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.        m2
     May  26.38431   21 35 58.89   +34 29 03.0   18.6

Very preliminary parabolic orbital elements by B. G. Marsden:

     T = 2000 Jan. 17.585 TT          Peri. = 144.350
                                      Node  = 199.122   2000.0
     q = 4.84481 AU                   Incl. =  51.540
IAUC 7182 (extract)

Guy M Hurst