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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2999      2014 Apr 30 12.15UT
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THE ASTRONOMER 50TH ANNIVERSARY MEETING 2014 MAY 10
All those who booked to attend this meeting, up to those whose form and
remittance were received by today (Apr 30) should have received an e-mail
acknowledgement.

A detailed programme will be sent by e-mail this week with timings and other
relevant information. Coffee will be served at 10.30am and the meeting
proceedings will start at 11.00am.

SUPERNOVA 2014as in NGC 5410
Although a spectrum was obtained on April 19 for this discovery by David
Grennan (See E-Circular 2997), the object has only just been designated SN
2014as by the Central Bureau. Spectral notes:

J.-J. Zhang, Yunnan Astronomical Observatory (YNAO); and X.-F. Wang,
Tsinghua University, report on an optical spectrogram (range 350-890 nm) of
PSN J14005449+4058596 = SN 2014as that was obtained on Apr. 19.73 UT with
the 2.4-m telescope (+ YFOSC) at the LiJiang Gaomeigu Station of YNAO.  The
spectrum is consistent with a broad-lined type-Ic supernova a few days
before maximum light.  Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra
using the GELATO software (Harutyunyan et al. 2008, A.Ap., 488, 383) shows
that 2014as matches with SN 2006aj at -5 days.  The spectrum is superimposed
by some narrow emission lines of H and O [III], likely due to light
contamination from a nearby H II region.

Congratulations to David Grennan on this confirmation of his discovery.

Guy M Hurst