------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2615 2010 Jan 11 20.09UT 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010 AL30 Ernesto Guido, Giovanni Sostero, Paul Camilleri, M Jaeger, Enrico Prosperi and W. Vollmann using the Skylive-Grove Creek Observatory (E16, Australia) report they have imaged a recently discovered asteroid 2010 AL30 during a close passage to the Earth. The image just received at TAHQ was obtained with a 0.35-m f/7 reflector +CCD based on a stacking of 10 unfiltered images of 20 seconds each on 2010 Jan 11.59UT. Earlier today, Sonia Keys, Minor Planet Centre, reported the discovery of 2010 AL30 on M.P.E.C. 2010-A59 by M. Blythe, G. Spitz, R. Brungard, J. Paige, P. Festler of 704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico using a 1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD. C2010 01 10.27372 07 56 21.69 +08 43 54.1 18.8 EA059704 C2010 01 10.28653 07 56 17.04 +08 44 03.1 19.1 EA059704 C2010 01 10.29935 07 56 12.26 +08 44 10.5 19.9 EA059704 C2010 01 10.31215 07 56 07.52 +08 44 18.6 19.9 EA059704 C2010 01 10.32497 07 56 02.62 +08 44 25.9 19.0 EA059704 Orbital elements: Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 281.40401 (2000.0) P Q n 0.98349499 Peri. 104.60232 -0.78960713 +0.61038481 a 1.0014316 Node 113.05422 -0.58599752 -0.71971978 e 0.3055892 Incl. 3.91707 -0.18200958 -0.33080782 P 1.00 H 27.0 G 0.15 U 7 Ephemeris: Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong Phase V 2010 01 04 08 02.83 +08 33.1 0.0536 1.033 158.9 20.0 21.7 2010 01 06 08 02.11 +08 32.3 0.0422 1.023 160.7 18.5 21.1 2010 01 08 08 00.60 +08 34.8 0.0310 1.013 162.5 16.9 20.4 2010 01 10 07 57.06 +08 44.7 0.0198 1.003 164.6 15.1 19.3 2010 01 12 07 43.96 +09 26.4 0.00863 0.992 167.4 12.4 17.4 2010 01 12.5 07 32.83 +10 01.0 0.00586 0.989 168.4 11.6 16.5 2010 01 13.0 07 01.77 +11 29.9 0.00312 0.987 166.8 13.1 15.2 2010 01 13.5 02 43.97 +14 16.7 0.00088 0.984 109.9 70.0 14.2 2010 01 14.0 21 09.83 -04 15.7 0.00275 0.981 27.4 152.5 2010 01 14.5 20 29.22 -06 50.6 0.00548 0.978 18.1 161.8 2010 01 15.0 20 17.11 -07 34.4 0.00826 0.976 15.6 164.3 2010 01 15.5 20 10.98 -07 56.1 0.0110 0.973 14.3 165.6 SUPERNOVA 2009me IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY Discovery by LOSS of a possible supernova (CBET 2066): SN 2009 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset 2009me Dec 3.53 12 09 39.86 +43 40 30.0 18.1 2.1"W, 0.6"S SUPERNOVA 2009mg IN ESO 121-G26 Discovery by Berto Monard of a possible supernova (CBET 2071): SN 2009 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset 2009mg Dec 7.90 06 21 44.86 -59 44 26 17.3 46 "E, 4 "S The type-II supernova 2008M also appeared in this galaxy Guy M Hurst