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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 3009      2014 Jun 27 14.21UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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LONG-LOST COMET 72D
H. Sato, Tokyo, Japan, reports his recovery of the long-lost comet 72D,
which was lost between 1881 and 1978 and again since 1978.
It was found by W. Denning (Bristol, England) on 1881 Oct 19. It was then
lost again before recovery by Fujikawa 1978 Dec 29 then not detected again
until now! Brian Marsden linked the 1978 sighting to the comet of 1881.

Formerly 72D when lost, as a result of Sato's observations now re-designated
72P/Denning-Fukikawa.

Sato's CCD images (iTelescope 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph at Siding on 2014 June
17.8 UT show the comet to be moderately condensed.
His confirming images taken with an iTelescope 0.51-m f/6.8 astrograph at
Siding Spring on June 18.8 also show a coma 25" in diameter. The comet's
w-band magnitude was measured both nights within a circular aperture of
radius 13".  Sato's astrometry is tabulated below.

     2014 UT         R.A. (2000)  Decl.         Mag.   Observer
     June 17.82627   2 23 12.95   + 6 51 15.9   16.8     Sato
              18.80662   2 28 42.17   + 7 30 14.3   16.3      "

The comet had missed returns to perihelion on 1987 Aug. 2, 1996 May 29, and
2005 June 20.  The following linked orbital elements by Nakano are from 43
observations spanning 1881-2014:

     T = 2014 July 11.62965 TT        Peri. = 337.84103
     e = 0.8190854                    Node  =  36.11683   2000.0
     q = 0.7841539 AU                 Incl. =   9.16957
     a =  4.3343877 AU   n = 0.10922258   P =   9.02 years

SUPERNOVA 2014al (PAVEL BALANUTSA, MASTER)
2014al  Mar 28.77   16 26 55.28  +33 38 24.4  16.8            1  "N 
The new object is located slightly east and 1" north of the galaxy SDSS
J162655.31+333822.9 (which has red mag 22.5).
G. Terreran: spectrum Mar 31 type-Ia a few days after B-band maximum.

SUPERNOVA 2014am (D. DENISENKO, MASTER)
2014am  Mar 26.00   15 23 18.48  +18 17 33.3  17.4   1  "W    6  "S 
Found with the MASTER-Kislovodsk auto-detection system (double 0.40-m f/2.5
reflector).
G. Terreran: spectrum Apr 1 with Asiago 1.82-m Copernico Telescope (+
AFOSC), shows it to be a type-Ia supernova at redshift around 0.053. The
best match is found with several type-Ia supernovae about a week after
B-band maximum light.

Guy M Hurst