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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1976      2004 Mar 08 12.15UT
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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2004 DW
In response to a request from the editor, Peter Birtwhistle, Great 
Shefford, recorded this object (see TA E-Circular 1975) at magnitude 
18.8 on March 7 using a 0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope + 
unfiltered CCD. Various images obtained between 20.19-21.02UT and 
23.08-23.59UT were obtained by tracking the motion of this Kuiper Belt 
giant at the rate of 2.6" per hour in PA 295, this despite the Moon 
being in the sky just one day past full.

Peter calculates the object was then 46.74AU from the Earth.

S/2004 (4674) 1
W. J. Merline, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) et. al., have 
reported on IAUC 8297 their discovery on Mar. 4.2 UT of a satellite of 
minor planet (4674) Pauling. It was detected on imaging with the ESO 8-m 
YEPUN telescope at Paranal. On Mar.4.2278, the companion was at 
separation 0.39" (projected separation 250 km) in PA308 deg.

SUPERNOVAE 2004ae, 2004af, 2004ag, 2004ah, 2004al, 2004aj
The above designations have been assigned to supernovae found on CCD 
frames of 2004 Feb 18 during a search at ESO. All are of V magnitude 22 
or fainter according to IAUC 8296.

SUPERNOVA 2004ak IN UGC 4436
LOSS discovery of a possible supernova:
SN      2004 UT       R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.    Offset
2004ak  Feb. 29.24   8 29 47.57  +48 46 22.9  18.4 26.4"W, 26.9"S

SUPERNOVA 2004al In ESO 565-G25
LOSS discovery of a possible supernova:
SN      2004 UT       R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.    Offset
2004al  Mar.  3.23   9 37 06.66  +22 10 18.9  16.8  7.0"W, 0.9"S

SUPERNOVA 2004am IN MESSIER 82 (NGC 3034)
LOSS discovery of a possible supernova:
SN      2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2004am  Mar.  5.23   9 55 46.61  +69 40 38.1  17.0  30" W, 7" S

Evidently this object was present on several earlier KAIT images but its 
presence on a bright spot caused the software to miss the object. It has 
been found back as far as 1993 November 23.54 when it was recorded at 
magnitude 16.1 (after subtracting light from the spot).

Guy M Hurst