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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1461      1999 Oct 26 17.47UT
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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COMET C/1999 T2 (LINEAR)
Orbital elements for the comet announced on E1460:

T  2000 Nov  24.6865 TT      w 104.96460 )
e  1.00000000                O  14.82070 ) 2000.0
q  3.0225360 A.U.            i 110.90280 )
Source: IAUC 7281    Positions are geocentric

m =  6.0 + 5.0 log R + 10.0 log r

Ephemeris by Guy Hurst using EPH.EXE by Nick James

  Date    R.A. (2000) Dec.     R       r     Elong  Mag.    Motion
          h  m       o  '     (AU)    (AU)     o          "/hr P.A.
1999 Oct
  19.00  22 52.55  +29  0.7   4.060   4.844  137.8  15.9    42  254
  24.00  22 46.53  +28 36.4   4.071   4.810  133.5  15.9    40  252
  29.00  22 40.93  +28 10.5   4.088   4.776  129.0  15.8    38  250
1999 Nov
   3.00  22 35.80  +27 43.5   4.113   4.743  124.3  15.8    35  247
   8.00  22 31.15  +27 16.2   4.143   4.709  119.4  15.8    32  245
  13.00  22 27.01  +26 49.2   4.177   4.675  114.5  15.8    29  243
  18.00  22 23.39  +26 23.0   4.216   4.642  109.6  15.8    26  241
  23.00  22 20.28  +25 58.3   4.258   4.609  104.7  15.8    23  238
  28.00  22 17.66  +25 35.5   4.302   4.576   99.9  15.8    19  236
1999 Dec
   3.00  22 15.51  +25 14.8   4.348   4.543   95.1  15.8    16  233
   8.00  22 13.83  +24 56.7   4.394   4.510   90.4  15.8    13  230
  13.00  22 12.57  +24 41.4   4.441   4.477   85.7  15.7    10  226
  18.00  22 11.72  +24 29.0   4.486   4.444   81.2  15.7     7  220
  23.00  22 11.25  +24 19.8   4.531   4.412   76.8  15.7     4  208
  28.00  22 11.12  +24 13.8   4.573   4.379   72.5  15.7     2  175

COMET 1999 U1
LONEOS reports the discovery of a new comet:

     1999 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.        m1    Observer
     Oct. 18.38023    4 38 39.47   + 8 25 00.4   17.3   Ferris
          18.40064    4 38 38.50   + 8 25 04.1            "
          18.42104    4 38 37.37   + 8 25 06.7            "

W. D. Ferris (Lowell Observatory).  Measurer B. W. Koehn.  0.59-m
LONEOS Schmidt + CCD.
IAUC 7283 (extract)

SUPERNOVA 1999ei IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
J. Maza, University of Chile; and M. Hamuy, University of Arizona,
report the discovery by M. Wischnjewsky, on a 20-min unfiltered
T-Max 400 film taken by L. Gonzalez on Oct. 8.34 UT with the
University of Chile's Maksutov telescope, of a supernova (m_pv
about 17.5) located at R.A. = 1h33m52s.30, Decl. =-28o41'57".0
(2000), which is about 8" west and 1" south of the nucleus of the
host galaxy.  The supernova was confirmed by P. Candia (Cerro
Tololo Interamerican Observatory) from B, V, and I images taken
with the Cerro Tololo 0.9-m telescope on Oct. 12.12.
IAUC 7283 (extract)

Guy M Hurst