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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2175      2005 Dec 07 12.46UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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V1647 ORIONIS (= MCNEILL'S OBJECT NEAR MESSIER 78)
A. Kospal, Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, reports on a CBET that CCD 
images at various wavelengths of V1647 Ori (=McNeill's object near 
Messier 78, see TA E-Circular 1967: editor), obtained between Oct. 5 and 
Nov. 20 at the Mountain Station of Konkoly Observatory using the 1-m RCC 
telescope show that this variable star has started a very rapid fading: 
approximately 1 mag/month in I_C as opposed to 0.1 mag/month previously. 
According to the colour changes, the rapid fading is not caused by 
increasing extinction. Assuming the cause is intrinsic and the fading 
rate remains unchanged, the star will return to the pre-outburst state 
by mid-December 2005.

SUPERNOVA 2005kg IN MCG -04-50-7
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (IAUC 8632):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005kg  Nov.17.09   21 11 39.15  -23 10 20.0  17.0   1.6"W,  2.7"S

SUPERNOVA 2005kh IN NGC 3094
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (IAUC 8632):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005kh  Nov.17.54   10 01 25.41  +15 46 49.4  18.7   7.6"W,  37" N

SUPERNOVA 2005ki IN NGC 3332
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (IAUC 8632):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005ki  Nov.18.57   10 40 28.22  +09 12 08.4  18.0   2.0"W,  71" N

SUPERNOVA 2005kj IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY?
Discovery by 'Nearby Supernova Factory' of a possible supernova (IAUC 
8632):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005kj  Nov. 17.5   08 40 09.18  -05 36 02.2  16.3     --
(No galaxy stated on IAUC 8632)

SUPERNOVA 2005kk In NGC 3323
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (IAUC 8632):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005kk  Nov.17.50   10 39 40.02  +25 19 25.1  17.7  13.0"E,  4.0"N

SUPERNOVA 2005kl IN NGC 4369
Discovery by M. Migliardi (CROSS) of a possible supernova (IAUC 8634):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005kl  Nov.22.14   12 24 35.68  +39 23 03.5  14.6   6" W,   4" N

SUPERNOVA 2005km IN UGC 6356
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (IAUC 8634):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005km  Nov.22.52   11 20 48.72  +32 17 25.2  17.5   3.5"E,  1.0"N

SUPERNOVAE 2005kn-2005ku
The above designations relate to supernovae detected by the Sloan 
Digital Survey II collaboration and are all of magnitude 20.4 or 
fainter.

Guy M Hurst