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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 3006      2014 Jun 19 19.06UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
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PKS 1222+216
K.Baliyan et al. Sanya Matta Research Laboratory, India relay on The
Astronomer's Telegram 6207 that following recent reports of a high state of
the PKS 1222+216 (redshift 0.432) in optical and NIR they followed up the
source in optical from Mt. Abu InfraRed Observatory on 2014 June 3. The
source was non-variable in Infrared on that session in other bands showed
R=14.96+/- 0.010, V=15.13+/-0.005, B=15.56+/-0.01. 

The radio quasar PKS1222+216 seems to be fairly active with several flaring
episodes over the last 5-years as reported by Fermi. Larionov et
al(Atel#5921) report the source in one of the brightest phases (quiescent R
mag ~15.7 during 2012-13) during
2014 February 24-25 with R-band magnitudes as 13.86 and 13.80. They also
reported low (2-5%)optical polarization for the source. A flaring in NIR is
reported on 2014 March 19(Atel#6194) with J=13.21, H=12.31 and Ks=11.38
Mags. Our observations, therefore, report the source in decaying phase.

PKS1222+216 is, therefore, an interesting source and requires long-term
monitoring in all windows of the spectrum.

Guy M Hurst, using the 0.36-m Bradford Robotic Telescope with a V filter has
obtained the following recent photometry confirming the decay:

2014 Mar 19.081UT, 14.53
2014 Apr  6.135UT, 14.79
2014 Apr 25.042UT, 14.78
2014 May 19.024UT, 15.14
2014 May 30.963UT, 15.16

SUPERNOVA 2014ai IN NGC 2832 (D.A.FORBES ET.AL.)
2014ai  Mar 21.2    09 19 44.17  +33 45 49.4  18.1  34.4"W   50.3"N 
Syuichi Nakano, Japan, reports an independent discovery by Koichi Itagaki at
mag 16.8 on an unfiltered CCD frame (limiting magnitude 19.0) taken on Mar.
23.449 UT using a 0.50-m f/6.8 reflector.

SUPERNOVA 2014aj IN UGC 3252 (KOICHI ITAGAKI)
2014aj  Mar 24.46   05 11 43.96  +61 29 29.4  17.3   7.8"E   11.7"N
L. Tomasella: spectrum Mar 24 type-Ia around one week before B-band maximum.

Guy M Hurst