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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 3010      2014 Jun 27 15.54UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
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ETA CARINAE
E. Fernandez-Lajus et. al., Facultad de Ciencias Astronomicas y Geofisicas,
Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, report from observations made
between 2014 June 2 and 19 that eta Car has shown a sudden brightness
increase of about 0.10-0.15 mag in bands B, V, R, and I in comparison with
the previous observations up to Apr. 26. This increase could be related to
the ascending branch of the light curve preceding the "eclipse-like" event.
This event is associated with the periastron passage of the binary inside
the central region of the Homunculus.

According to the ephemeris from FL10, this event is expected to occur around
2014.6, and a brightness peak is expected to occur around July 28.  The
authors' last observations made on June 19 give the following magnitudes:  B
= 5.22, V = 4.50, R = 3.64, I = 3.11.  The CCD observations were performed
as described in FL10.  

SUPERNOVA 2014an (KISO SUPERNOVA SURVEY)
2014an  Mar 31.68   14 51 42.93  +08 34 12.5  18.6   5.3"E   15.8"N
Masaomi Tanaka: spectrum Apr 2 type-Ia around maximum.

SUPERNOVA 2014ao IN NGC 2615 (LOSS)
2014ao  Apr 17.23   08 34 33.32  -02 32 36.1  15.5   0.2"W   12.5"N
P. Ochner: spectrum Apr 17 type-Ia about 10 days before B-band maximum. An
expansion velocity of about 11600 km/s is derived from the position of the
minimum of the Si II 635-nm line.

SUPERNOVA 2014ap IN PGC 35452 (F. CIABATTARI ET. AL.)
2014ap  Mar 20.89   11 30 13.37  +24 10 07.2  16.5   5  "E    7  "S
M. Childress: spectrum Mar 22 type-Ia around maximum.

SUPERNOVA 2014aq (LA SILLA-QUEST SURVEY)
2014aq  Apr 14.3    11 12 34.72  +12 04 24.8  17.7   2.5"W    4.3"N
L. Galbany: spectrum Apr 17 type-Ia days before maximum.

SUPERNOVA 2014ar IN ESO 266-G15 (GREG BOCK)
2014ar  Apr 18.52   11 40 58.90  -44 29 05.7  17,6r 34.8"E   12.7"S 
The object is also just visible in a pre-discovery image taken two days
earlier by Peter Marples, on Apr. 17 in a 30-s unfiltered exposure (limiting
magnitude 18.0) at Loganholme, Australia.
N. Morrell: spectrum type-Ic a few days before maximum.

Guy M Hurst