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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2177      2005 Dec 08 20.28UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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S/2005 (2003 EL_61) 2
M. E. Brown, California Institute of Technology, on behalf of the
team at Keck Observatory, reports on IAUC 8636 the discovery of a second 
satellite of the transneptunian object 2003 EL_61 from images obtained 
with the Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics system at the Keck II 
telescope on Mar. 1, May 27, and June 29.

The satellite is about 4.6 magnitudes fainter than the primary.  A 
preliminary circular orbit suggests a 34.1-day period with a semimajor 
axis of 39300 km, inclined by 40 deg from the larger outer satellite, 
S/2005 (2003 EL_61) 1.
Additional information can be found at website
http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/2003EL61

SUPERNOVA 2005ky
The above designation relates to a supernova of magnitude 22 found 
during the Supernova Legacy Survey.

OCTOBER CAMELOPARDALIDS
P. Jenniskens, SETI Institute, reports on CBET 309 the detection of a 
meteor radiant near the border of Cam and Dra (presumably due to a 
1-revolution dust trail of an unknown long period comet), found in 
video-camera images obtained during Oct.5.712-5.945 UT by J. Moilanen of 
Finland and others. Of the 19 bright meteors (mag +1 to -6) detected by 
Moilanen, twelve appeared to radiate from a compact area near RA 164.1, 
DEC +78.9deg (2000).

October 5 was a suspected date of outburst events, due to earlier
observations in 1902 by Bailey (1902, Nature 66, 577), in 1942 by Sander 
(1943, Die Sterne 23, 46) and Teichgraeber (1943, Die Sterne 23, 172), 
in 1976 by Root (Root 1976, Meteor News 36, 20) and MacKenzie (1980, 
Solar System Debris, Dover, p. 42).

SUPERNOVA 2005kz IN MCG +08-34-32
Discovery by T. Puckett and G. Sostero of a possible supernova (IAUC 
8639):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005kz  Dec.  1.03  19 00 49.82  +50 53 01.8  18.7  15.6"E, 9.5"N

SUPERNOVA 2005la IN KUG 1249+278
Discovery by R. Quimby and P. Mondol of a possible supernova (IAUC 
8639):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005la  Nov. 30.51  12 52 15.68  +27 31 52.5  17.6   6 W",  6" S

EUVE J0854+390
Jeremy Shears, Bunbury, England reports that he has made a probable 
detection of this star, which is on the Recurrent Objects Programme: 
2005 Dec 3.967UT  16.2C

He last visited this field on 2005 Dec 29, when it was undetectable. 
Only on one previous occasion was the star recorded, this being 2005 May 
20 when it was below magnitude 17 (CCD unfiltered) and for which an 
image can be found at:
www.theastronomer.org/vars/2005/euvej0854_20050520_shears.jpg
Boris Gaensicke, University of Warwick, adds that this is a polar (AM 
Herculis star), for which they derive an orbital period of 113.3min.
The outburst image of Dec 3 appears on the cover of the December issue 
of 'The Astronomer' (in press).

Guy M Hurst