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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2202      2006 Feb 15 17.25UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
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NOVA OPHIUCHI 2006
Further to the announcement on TA E-Circular 2199 of the discovery via 
ASAS-3 of an apparently new object in Ophiuchus provisionally named ASAS 
173313-2421.1, further information is now available.

Hitoshi Yamaoka, Japan reports that low-resolution spectra taken around 
Feb. 12.9 by K. Ayani with the Bisei Astronomical Observatory (BAO) 
1.01-m telescope, by H. Naito and S. Narusawa (Nishi-Harima Astronomical 
Observatory) with the 2.0-m NAYUTA telescope, and by M. Fujii (Ibara, 
Okayama, Japan) with a 0.28-m telescope -- show prominent Balmer lines 
with P-Cyg profiles superimposed on a very red continuum, which suggests 
that the object is a classical nova near maximum.

The Central Bureau has designated the object Nova Ophiuchi 2006 on IAU 
Circular 8671.

2006U
Discovery by Lick Observatory Supernova Search of a possible supernova 
(IAUC 8667):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006U   Feb.  3.44  09 53 45.38  +23 20 35.1  18.8      --
However the "Nearby Supernova Factory" collaboration reports that a 
spectrogram (range 320-1000 nm) obtained on Feb. 8.4 UT with the 
Supernova Integral Field Spectrograph on the University of Hawaii 2.2-m 
telescope, shows it to be an active galactic nucleus (AGN) at redshift 
0.25.

SUPERNOVA 2006V IN UGC 6510
Discovery by Taiwan Supernova Survey of a possible supernova (IAUC 
8667):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006V   Feb.  4.67  11 31 30.01  -02 17 52.2  18.0  32.1"W, 40.4"N

SUPERNOVA 2006W IN UGC 9265
Discovery by Lick Observatory Supernova Search of a possible supernova 
(IAUC 8667):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006W   Feb.  5.54  14 27 26.09  +25 31 09.8  16.6   1.2"E, 17.5"N

SUPERNOVA 2006Y IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by Lucas, Trondal and Schwartz of a possible supernova (IAUC 
8668):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006Y   Feb.  3.58  07 13 17.19  -51 41 18.8  17.7   1.7"W,  5.2"N

SUPERNOVA 2006Z IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by SDSS collaboration of a possible supernova (IAUC 8668):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006Z   Feb.  1.51  13 44 58.07  +26 18 25.7  20.4      --
This object was found in spectra.

Guy M Hurst