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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2094      2005 Mar 13 14.38UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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COMET D/1819 W1 (BLANPAIN) AND 2003 WY25
Suggestions by M. Micheli and P. Jenniskens of a link between 2003 WY25 
and the lost comet D/1819 W1 = 1819 IV, have been confirmed by Brian 
Marsden. This comet had itself been proposed by Harold Ridley (BAA 
Circular 382) as linked to the Phoenicid meteor shower of 1956. Orbital 
solutions have been given on IAUC 8485.

DO DRACONIS
Patrick Schmeer, Bischmisheim, Germany, has reported an outburst of DO 
Draconis. On 2005 March 12.823, the estimated magnitude was 11.5.

Eddie Muyllaert, Ostend, Belgium has confirmed the outburst on Dec 
12.8764UT at visual magnitude 11.4.

Gary Poyner, Birmingham, England, reports an additional observation on 
March 13.014UT at visual magnitude 11.2. He adds that the last outburst 
of this Intermediate Polar occurred on 2004 Jan 23. DO Dra has recently 
been dropped from the Recurrent Objects Programme -
details in the forthcoming BAAVSS Circular - but will obviously remain 
on the BAAVSS telescopic programme for continued monitoring.

SUPERNOVA 2005ad IN NGC 941
Discovery by K. Itagaki, Japan, of a possible supernova (IAUC 8479):
SN      2005 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2005ad  Feb.  6.40   02 28 29.45  -01 08 20.0 17.4R  23" E, 45" N

SUPERNOVA 2005ae IN ESO 209-9
Discovery by R. Martin, of a possible supernova (IAUC 8480):
SN      2005 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2005ae  Feb.  1.59   07 58 15.84  -49 51 19.9 17.5   13.5"E, 13.9"S

SUPERNOVA 2005af IN NGC 4945
Discovery by C. Jacques and E. Pimentel, Brazil, of a possible supernova 
(IAUC 8482/8484):
SN      2005 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2005af  Feb.  8.22   13 04 44.06  -49 33 59.8 12.8  407"W,351"S

SUPERNOVA 2005ag IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (IAUC 8484):
SN      2005 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2005ag  Feb. 10.55   14 56 43.65  +09 19 42.5 18.2   6.5"E, 5.9"N

SUPERNOVA 2005R IN UGC 6274
R. Foley et. al., University of California, Berkeley, have reported on 
IAUC 8482 that a spectrum of this object found by Tom Boles (see 
E-Circular 2088), which was obtained on Feb 11, with Keck II shows it to 
be of type IIn.

2005 AB
V. Reddy, Department of Space Studies, University of North Dakota,
Grand Forks; R. Dyvig, Quinn, SD; and P. Pravec and P. Kusnirak,
Ondrejov Observatory, report on IAUC 8483 that photometric observations 
obtained during Feb. 1-8 show that the Amor-type minor planet 2005 AB is 
a binary system with orbital period 17.9 hr.  The
primary rotates with a period of 3.337 hr, and its light curve amplitude 
of 0.04 mag is indicative of a nearly spheroidal shape.

Guy M Hurst