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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2861      2012 Oct 10 19.37UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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DRACONID METEORS 2012
Peter Brown, University of Western Ontario, reports on CBET 3249 that 
radar observations by the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar (CMOR) have 
detected a very strong probable outburst of the Draconid meteor shower, 
beginning near 16 UT on 2012 Oct. 8.  This strong activity, noticed by 
Quanzhi Ye of the Western Meteor Group, shows up exceptionally strong on 
radiant plots made over the last few hours and is much more visible to 
the radar than the 2011 outburst.  The collecting area of the radar for 
the shower is also much larger than in 2011 (as of 16 UT), so some of 
this increased intensity is due to better viewing conditions.  He notes, 
however, that the intensity of the increase is almost certainly 
consistent with a very strong outburst.

Detailed analysis of the shower shows noticeable activity beginning near 
12 UT on Oct. 8 (solar longitude 195.43 deg) with ZHRs around 50 
meteors/hr, building over the next few hours to an extremely high ZHR 
estimated to be > 1000 meteors/hr between 16h and 17h UT on Oct. 8 
(solar longitude 195.62 deg).

SUPERNOVA 2012el IN NGC 5968 (STUART PARKER)
2012el  Aug 18.39   15 39 57.22  -30 33 19.2  17.2R  0.5"E    8.7"S
M. Turatto: spectrum Aug 24 type-Ia similar to SNe 2006le, 1994D, and 
1990N about one week before maximum light

SUPERNOVA 2012em IN PGC 69614 (BLAZ MIKUZ)
2012em  Sep 09.89   22 44 01.66  +15 51 49.3  18.3  14  "W   29  "S
F. Taddia: spectrum Sept 11 type-Ia near maximum and similar to 1991bg.
S. Benetti: also reports type Ia similar to several sub-luminous type-Ia 
(1991bg-like) events.

SUPERNOVA 2012en IN PGC 14498 (ITALIAN SUPERNOVA SEARCH)
2012en  Sep 09.12   04 07 25.28  +01 45 33.3  17.8  24  "W    7  "S
L. Tomasella: spectrum Sept 11 type-Ia one month after maximum

SUPERNOVA 2012eo IN PGC 68367 (ITALIAN SUPERNOVA SEARCH)
2012eo  Aug 27.99   22 14 37.82  +32 57 18.7  17.2   9  "W    2  "N
S. Benetti: spectrum type-Ia similar to several Ia supernovae at two 
weeks after maximum.

SUPERNOVA 2012ep (CSS)
2012ep  Aug 28.31   23 16 22.09  +24 15 18.6  18.9            2  "N
L. Tomasella: spectrum Sept 11 type-Ia similar to several normal type-Ia 
at two weeks after maximum

SUPERNOVA 2012eq IN ESO 412-1 (SIDING SPRING SURVEY)
2012eq  Aug 27.58   01 00 14.37  -30 48 30.9  15.4   9.8"E    6.3"N
N. Morrell: spectrum Sept 8 type-Ia several days past maximum.

Guy M Hurst