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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 3005      2014 May 25 15.21UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
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CAMELOPARDALID METEORS 2014
P. Brown, University of Western Ontario, reports on CBET 3886, enhanced
activity associated with the Camelopardalid meteor shower and Comet
209P/LINEAR, based on data from the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar.  Shower
activity was noticeable during 0h-11h UT on 2014 May 24, with a peak (based
on numbers of orbits detected) between 7h30m and 8h00m UT.  Using a
wavelet-based measurement procedure,the mean shower radiant is found to be
around R.A. = 124 deg, Decl. = +80 deg (2000), with an estimated
(deceleration-corrected) initial velocity of 21 km/s, based on 92 measured
Camelopardalid radar echoes.  The radiant position and timing is very near
the location of earlier predictions (Ye and Wiegert 2014, MNRAS 437, 3283;
CBET 3869), suggesting that debris from comet 209P/LINEAR encountered the
earth much as predicted.  The shower radar echoes were confined to faint
meteors (equivalent visual magnitude 6-7), consistent with the debris trail
populated mainly by particles of milligram mass and smaller.

SUPERNOVA 2014ad IN MARKARIAN 1309 (CATALINA REAl-TIME TRANSIENT)
2014ad  Mar 12.40   11 57 44.44  -10 10 15.7  15.7   3.5"W    7.2"N
S. W. Jha: spectra March 14 and 15 resembling a 1991T-like type-Ia.  
Further spectra of March 16, 17 and 18 resemble broad-lined type-Ic like SN
1998bw.

Guy Hurst reports photometry with the Bradford Robotic telescope:
2014 Apr 25.033UT, V- 15.2; May 17.912UT, 15.6V.

SUPERNOVA 2014ae IN MCG +12-11-15 (MASTER)
2014ae  Mar  3.61   11 19 20.95  +72 48 57.3  15.4  11  "E   29  "S
L. Tomasella: spectrum Mar 9 type-Ia near maximum.

SUPERNOVA 2014af (DENISENKO)
2014af  Feb  7.69   08 47 21.16  +73 13 13.7  15.9    
L. Tomasella: spectrum March 9 type-Ii supernova a few weeks after
explosion.

SUPERNOVA 2014ag IN MCG +07-34-101 (OLEG GRESS)
2014ag  Mar 11.79   16 30 40.68  +44 30 34.7  15.5   7  "W   14  "S
P. Ochner: spectrum Mar 18 type-Ia about a week after maximum.

SUPERNOVA 2014ah IN PGC 37426 (ITALIAN SUPERNOVA SEARCH)
2014ah  Mar 12.00   11 55 30.83  +11 55 26.3  15.4   4  "E
P. Ochner: spectrum March 10 type-Ia about a week before maximum

Guy M Hurst