------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2210 2006 Mar 09 19.08UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK Backup: gmh@wdcc1.bnsc.rl.ac.uk WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.theastronomer.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- COMET C/2006 (POJMANSKI) Revised orbital elements: T 2006 Feb 22.1810 TT w 351.18650 ) e 1.00000000 O 211.34180 ) 2000.0 q 0.5554030 A.U. i 92.73980 ) Source: M.P.E.C. 2006-D07 Positions are geocentric Ephemeris by Hurst using EPH.EXE by Nick James: m = 9.5 + 5.0 log R + 10.0 log r Date R.A. (2000) Dec. R r Elong Mag. Motion h m o ' (AU) (AU) o "/hr P.A. 2006 Mar 9.00 20 47.07 +12 11.0 0.788 0.650 40.8 7.1 403 19 10.00 20 50.81 +14 40.7 0.796 0.661 41.6 7.2 394 20 11.00 20 54.69 +17 6.1 0.806 0.674 42.4 7.3 385 21 12.00 20 58.68 +19 26.7 0.817 0.686 43.2 7.4 374 22 13.00 21 2.78 +21 42.3 0.829 0.699 44.0 7.5 363 23 14.00 21 6.99 +23 52.7 0.842 0.713 44.7 7.7 352 24 15.00 21 11.29 +25 57.6 0.856 0.726 45.5 7.8 339 26 16.00 21 15.67 +27 57.2 0.871 0.740 46.2 7.9 327 27 17.00 21 20.13 +29 51.3 0.888 0.755 46.8 8.0 315 28 18.00 21 24.66 +31 40.0 0.905 0.769 47.5 8.1 303 29 19.00 21 29.24 +33 23.4 0.922 0.784 48.1 8.3 291 30 20.00 21 33.88 +35 1.7 0.941 0.799 48.6 8.4 279 31 21.00 21 38.56 +36 35.1 0.960 0.814 49.1 8.5 268 32 22.00 21 43.28 +38 3.6 0.980 0.829 49.6 8.6 257 33 23.00 21 48.03 +39 27.5 1.000 0.845 50.0 8.8 247 34 24.00 21 52.81 +40 47.0 1.021 0.860 50.4 8.9 237 35 25.00 21 57.60 +42 2.3 1.042 0.876 50.8 9.0 227 36 26.00 22 2.40 +43 13.7 1.063 0.892 51.1 9.1 218 37 27.00 22 7.21 +44 21.2 1.085 0.907 51.4 9.3 209 38 28.00 22 12.03 +45 25.2 1.107 0.923 51.7 9.4 201 39 29.00 22 16.84 +46 25.8 1.129 0.939 52.0 9.5 193 40 30.00 22 21.64 +47 23.2 1.152 0.955 52.2 9.6 186 41 31.00 22 26.43 +48 17.6 1.174 0.972 52.4 9.7 179 42 2006 Apr 1.00 22 31.21 +49 9.2 1.197 0.988 52.5 9.8 172 43 2.00 22 35.96 +49 58.1 1.220 1.004 52.7 9.9 165 44 3.00 22 40.70 +50 44.4 1.243 1.020 52.8 10.1 159 45 4.00 22 45.40 +51 28.5 1.266 1.036 52.9 10.2 154 46 5.00 22 50.08 +52 10.3 1.289 1.053 52.9 10.3 148 46 6.00 22 54.73 +52 50.0 1.312 1.069 53.0 10.4 143 47 7.00 22 59.34 +53 27.8 1.335 1.085 53.0 10.5 138 48 8.00 23 3.92 +54 3.7 1.358 1.102 53.1 10.6 133 49 9.00 23 8.46 +54 37.9 1.382 1.118 53.1 10.7 129 50 10.00 23 12.96 +55 10.5 1.405 1.134 53.1 10.8 125 50 11.00 23 17.41 +55 41.5 1.428 1.151 53.1 10.9 121 51 12.00 23 21.83 +56 11.2 1.451 1.167 53.1 11.0 117 52 SUPERNOVA 2006aq In MCG +07-24-32 The discovery of this object announced on TA E-Circular 2209 represented the 98th supernova found by Tom Boles. We offer our sincere congratulations on this further success. The 'Nearby Supernova Factory' team report that a spectrum shows it to be a type-II event now fading rapidly. Guy M Hurst