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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2054      2004 Nov 06 11.46UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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COMET C/2004 T3
An object discovered by Rob McNaught at Siding Spring on 2004 October 
12.7UT using images from the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt telescope has been 
found to be diffuse.
      2004 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.       Mag.
      Oct. 12.69016    3 16 05.77   -59 40 24.5   18.7

Orbital elements by Dan Green from IAUC 8421:

      T = 2004 Nov. 11.633 TT          Peri. = 289.478
                                       Node  =  47.909   2000.0
      q = 9.55852 AU                   Incl. =  72.760

COMET C/2004 U1 (LINEAR)
Peter Birtwhistle, Great Shefford, England, has reported that a 
magnitude 19.4 object found by LINEAR on October 19.4UT at:
RA 8h 56m 12.68s   DEC +20 30' 21.8" (2000)
is diffuse on his CCD images of October 21.2UT with a broad tail 12" 
long in PA 320deg.

Orbital elements from IAUC 8421:

      T = 2004 Dec.  4.319 TT          Peri. =  18.566
                                       Node  = 112.608   2000.0
      q = 2.68042 AU                   Incl. = 130.288

SUPERNOVA 2004fa IN MCG -05-48-5
Discovery by Y.-t. Chen et. al. of a possible supernova (IAUC 8420):
SN      2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2004fa   Sept. 5.672  20 22 35.00  -29 49 20.7 16.8   0.2"W,  4.3"N

SUPERNOVA 2004fb IN ESO 340-G7
Discovery by Y.-t. Chen et. al. of a possible supernova (IAUC 8420):
SN      2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2004fb   Oct.  7.698  20 15 25.63  -37 30 34.6 18.3   1.7"E, 7.1"N

SUPERNOVA 2004dx IN MCG +07-37-36
The discovery of this object by Tom Boles was announced on E-Circular 
2028. Alex Filippenko et. al., have reported on IAUC 8420 that CCD 
spectra of October 18 indicate supernova 2004dx is probably of type Ic, 
then 2-3 months past maximum brightness.

SUPERNOVA 2004eh in UGC 1892
Discovery details by Tom Boles appeared on E-Circular 2037. Filippenko 
reports that the spectrum of October 18 indicates it is a type Ib, about 
a month past maximum. (IAUC 8420).

Guy M Hurst