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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2180      2005 Dec 22 19.25UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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(3169) OSTRO
P. Descamps, Institut de Mecanique Celeste et de Calcul des
Ephemerides (IMCCE) et. al., report on CBET 320 that photometric 
observations of the minor planet (3169), obtained between 2006 Nov. 5 
and Dec. 5, indicate that the object is a binary system showing mutual 
eclipses and/or occultations.

The orbital period of the system is 0.2701 +/- 0.0002 day.  A regular 
light curve of amplitude 0.35 mag is synchronized with the eclipse 
events, indicating that at least one of the two bodies is elongated and 
rotates synchronously with the orbital motion.

SUPERNOVA 2005lt IN MCG +03-30-51
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (IAUC 8645):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005lt  Dec. 10.55  11 42 26.21  +20 07 05.0  15.7  24.5"E, 5.4"S

SUPERNOVA 2005lu MCG -03-07-40
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (IAUC 8645):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005lu  Dec. 11.27  02 36 03.71  -17 15 50.0  17.1   1.8"E, 2.2"S
The offsets are with respect to the nucleus of MCG -03-07-40, which is 
the western component of the interacting galaxy pair ESO 545-G38 (the 
eastern component is MCG -03-07-39) according to IAUC 8645.

SUPERNOVA 2005lv IN UGC 2964
Discovery by Puckett and Gagliano of a possible supernova (IAUC 8645):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005lv  Dec.  6.19  04 08 56.47  +27 11 50.8  18.7  13.5"W, 2.4"S

Guy M Hurst