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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2300      2007 Jan 19 11.03UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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EDITORIAL ABSENCE
The editor will be away until Saturday evening and during part of the 
time giving a talk at the BAA Back to Basics Workshop in Ipswich 
tomorrow where I hope to meet some of you.

During this period if you have any urgent messages eg potential 
discovery claims please either ring Nick James (see magazine) or failing 
this contact me on my mobile: 07905332226

COMET C/2006 P1 (MCNAUGHT)
It would seem this comet has so far survived its perihelion passage. 
Andrew Pearce has e-mailed to advise he saw the comet from City Beach, 
Western Australia to the naked eye on 2007 Jan 17.50UT at m1=2.7, coma 1 
arcminute diameter, DC 9. The comet was clearly fainter than Venus but 
brighter than Alpha Centauri. Further details will appear in the 
February issue of 'The Astronomer'.

SUPERNOVAE 2006sv-2006tc
The above designations relate to discoveries of supernovae during the 
course of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II, all fainter than magnitude 
g=21.

SUPERNOVA 2006td IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by W. Kloehr, of a possible supernova (IAUC 8789):
SN      2006 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006td  Dec. 24.99  01 58 15.76  +36 20 57.7  15.1    4.5"N
Type Ia but no galaxy stated on IAUC
An unfiltered CCD image (limiting mag about 18.3) taken in 2002 by David 
Briggs (Clanfield, U.K.) did not show the object.

SUPERNOVA 2006te IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by O. Trondal, P. Luckas and M. Schwartz of a possible 
supernova (IAUC 8789):
SN      2006 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006te  Dec. 28.91  08 11 42.99  +41 33 16.8  15.8    5.5"W,  1.7"S
No galaxy given.

Guy M Hurst