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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2174      2005 Nov 29 16.27UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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2005 UD AND THE DAYTIME SEXTANTIDS
K. Ohtsuka, Tokyo Meteor Network, Japan et. al., suggest on CBET 283 
that the Apollo-type minor planet 2005 UD is a possible candidate for 
the parent object of the daytime Sextantids meteor stream (Sekanina 
1976, Icarus 27, 265).  Furthermore, it may be a member of the Geminid 
stream complex i.e., perhaps a larger fragment of (3200) Phaethon.  The 
phase of orbital evolution of 2005 UD shifts by about 4000 yr or more 
from the present orbit of Phaethon (Ohtsuka et al. 1999, Earth, Moon and 
Planets 77, 83).

SUPERNOVA 2005ir IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by Sloan Digital Sky Survey and R. Quimby of a possible 
supernova (IAUC 8629):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005ir  Nov. 3.11   01 16 43.76  +00 47 40.4  18.5   1.7"W,  3.4"N

SUPERNOVA 2005kb IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by Sloan Digital Sky Survey of a possible supernova (IAUC 
8629):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005kb  Nov. 5      00 50 50.68  +00 51 13.0  18.1  13.7"W,  8.4"N

SUPERNOVA 2005kc IN NGC 7311
Discovery by T. Puckett and G. Sostero of a possible supernova (IAUC 
8629):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005kc  Nov. 9.04   22 34 07.34  +05 34 06.3  18.2   7.6"E,  7.4"S

SUPERNOVAE 2005is-2005ka
The Sloan Digital Survey Team also report discovery of the above 35 
possible supernovae. All were fainter than magnitude g=20.5 according to 
IAUC 8629.

(3309) BRORFELDE
B. D. Warner, Palmer Divide Observatory, Colorado Springs; P. Pravec and 
P. Kusnirak, Ondrejov Observatory and others report that
photometric observations obtained from 2005 Oct. 25 to Nov. 3 show that 
the minor planet (3309) is a binary system with an orbital period of 
18.48hr.  The primary rotates with a period of 2.5041hr,
and its lightcurve amplitude of 0.09 mag indicates a nearly spheroidal 
shape according to the announcement on CBET 279.

SUPERNOVA 2005kd IN PGC 14370
Discovery by T. Puckett and A. Pelloni of a possible supernova (IAUC 
8630):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005kd  Nov.12.22   04 03 16.88  +71 43 18.9  17.0   0.1"W,  5.0"N

SUPERNOVA 2005ke IN NGC 1371
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (IAUC 8630):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005ke  Nov.13.33   03 35 04.35  -24 56 38.8  17.2   40" E,  40" S

SUPERNOVA 2005kf IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (IAUC 8630):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005kf  Nov.11.53   07 47 26.51  +26 55 32.4  17.2   0.8"E,  0.6"S
Located in a galaxy located 82" east and 16".5 south of NGC 2449

Guy M Hurst