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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2363      2007 Aug 08 11.01UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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RS OPHIUCHI
John Toone, Cressage, England reports that RS Ophiuchi has brightened 
significantly over the past 2 weeks as evidenced by his visual 
observations with a Celestron 8:
2007 Jul 26, 2237GMT U(1)V(2)X 11.7
2007 Jul 29  2230GMT = U       11.5
2007 Jul 31  2229GMT P(4)V(1)U 11.3
2007 Aug  2  2230GMT P(3)V(2)U 11.0
2007 Aug  4  2222GMT P(2)V(3)U 10.8
2007 Aug  7  2216GMT = P       10.3

Gary Poyner, Birmingham, England confirms the brightening.
On 2007 Aug 7.920 he estimated the variable at visual magnitude 10.3 
(0.22-m, seq. AAVSO).

(6265) 1985 TW3
D. Higgins, Canberra, Australia; and P. Pravec and P. Kusnirak,
Ondrejov Observatory, report on CBET 1015 that photometric observations 
obtained during July 15-25 reveal that minor planet (6265) is a binary 
system with an orbital period of 15.86 +/- 0.01 hr.  The primary shows a 
period of 2.7091 +/- 0.0001 hr, and it has a light curve amplitude of 
0.28 mag.

S/2007 (702) 1
P. Rojo, Universidad de Chile; and J. L. Margot, Cornell University, 
report on CBET 1016 the discovery on July 26.3 UT of a satellite of 
(702) Alauda (V = 11.9) from adaptive-optics imaging with the ESO 8-m 
Very Large Telescope UT4/YEPUN on Cerro Paranal, Chile. On July 26.265 
UT, the companion was at a separation of 0".58 (projected separation 
about 900 km) in p.a. 20 deg.
This is the first satellite discovered to a large minor planet of type B 
in the SMASSII taxonomy. Alauda (a = 3.2 AU, e = 0.02, i = 21 deg) has 
been identified as the largest member of a dynamical family.

COMETS 189P/NEAT AND 190P/MUELLER
Comet P/2007 N2 = P/2002 O5 has been given the permanent number 189P, 
and comet P/2007 O2 = P/1998 U2 (see TA E-Circular 2362) has been given 
the permanent number 190P.

SUPERNOVA 2007gh IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by Nearby Supernova Factory of a possible supernova (The 
Astronomer's Telegram 1166):
SN      2006 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2007gh  Jly  29     02 10 31.08  +02 19 59.3  19.1R    -      -
The designation was added on CBET 1014

Guy M Hurst