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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2186      2006 Jan 03 19.18UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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COMET 71P/CLARK
Ernesto Guido, Italy, has e-mailed to advise that at the end of November 
he started a project to try and recover Comet 71P/Clark. He was 
successful on 2005 Dec 29 after a number of earlier attempts. It was 7 
arc minutes away from the predicted place. At the request of the Minor 
Planet Centre he obtained confirmatory images on Dec 30.

C2005 12 29.47928 14 18 29.93 -06 59 50.6          17.6 T
C2005 12 29.49689 14 18 31.94 -07 00 01.8          17.9 T
C2005 12 29.51165 14 18 33.62 -07 00 11.0          18.0 T
C2005 12 30.47739 14 20 26.04 -07 10 16.3          18.2 T
C2005 12 30.49500 14 20 28.07 -07 10 28.1          18.2 T
C2005 12 30.50971 14 20 29.70 -07 10 36.0          18.7 T

The images were obtained with a 0.25-m f/3.4 reflector based in New 
Mexico and used remotely.

SUPERNOVA 2005lz IN UGC 1666
Discovery by Puckett and Sostero of a possible supernova (IAUC 8646):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005lz  Dec. 24.07  02 10 49.76  +34 58 58.2  17.8  13.8"E,  6.3"S

Guy M Hurst