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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2229      2006 May 16 16.06UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVA 2006ce IN NGC 908
Discovery by Berto Monard of a possible supernova (IAUC 8709):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006ce  May  10.14   2 22 54.63  -21 14 29.4  12.4 136" W, 28" S
Additional magnitudes: Apr. 1.713, R > 16.5 (not detected); May 11.151, 
B = 12.9, V = 12.55, R = 12.4.  Also, nothing is visible at the location 
of 2006ce on the Digitised Sky Survey (limiting
red mag 20.5) or on Monard's images taken prior to Apr. 1 (limiting mag 
about 18).

COMET 73P/SCHWASSMANN-WACHMANN
An announcement on IAUC 8709 comments that as comet 73P has neared the 
earth, increasingly large numbers of fragments (some apparently very 
short-lived) have been observed. The Minor Planet Center has continued 
to assign letter designations to those components observed on three or 
more nights with precise astrometry: 'AQ' and 'AR' announced on MPEC 
2006-H37, 'AS' and 'AT' on MPEC 2006-H48, 'AU'-'BM' on MPEC 2006-H61, 
and 'BN'-'BP' on MPEC 2006-J31.

Visual total-magnitude estimates of component 'B' by J. J. Gonzalez, 
Leon, Spain:  Apr. 28.91 UT, 7.6 (25x100 binoculars); May
1.02, 7.0 (7x50 binoculars); 5.12, 6.8 (0.6-deg tail in p.a. 235deg); 
11.14, 5.2 (naked eye).

SUPERNOVA 2006cb IN NGC 5541
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (IAUC 8709):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006cb  May   5.43  14 16 31.80  +39 35 15.9  17.5  0.6"E,  5.7"S

SUPERNOVA 2006cc IN UGC 19244
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (IAUC 8709):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006cc  May   6.45  16 09 56.47  +43 07 35.9  18.3 11.1"E,  9.4"S

SUPERNOVA 2006cd IN IC 1179
Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (IAUC 8709):
SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006cd  May   8.27  16 05 22.06  +17 45 05.5  18.3  5.6"W, 11.4" S

Guy M Hurst