------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 3032 2014 Oct 18 14.35UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK Backup: gmh@wdcc1.bnsc.rl.ac.uk WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.theastronomer.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- ORIONIDS Although there is low level Orionid activity from the start of the month, Orionid activity only becomes obvious to visual observers from around Oct 14, lasting until the end of the month. A broad maximum occurs between Oct 21 and Oct 23 - however, even within this period there will probably be several peaks and troughs in the activity levels. The Orionids, which are the result of the Earth's pre-perihelion encounter with the meteoroid stream of comet 1P/Halley, sometimes brings surprises such as the unusually high rates seen during the night of 2006 Oct 21-22. There were also enhanced rates in 2008 and 2009. The radiant position at maximum is RA 06h24m , Dec +15 (on the border of Gemini and Orion) but actually appears quite diffuse since it consists of a number of sub-centres, as shown by the chart (see WWW), whose combined activity can give the impression of the radiant remaining almost stationary for several days. The Orionid radiant does not rise until mid-evening and is highest in the sky late in the night. The good news for 2014 is that New Moon occurs on Oct 23 and so the nights around maximum will not suffer moonlight interference. SUPERNOVA 2014co IN NGC 418 (BERTO MONARD) 2014co Jun 21.18 01 10 36.22 -30 13 37.6 16.8 9 "E 21 "S NGC 418 is type-SBc galaxy. M. Childress: spectrum July 8 type-Ii about a week past maximum. (Announced Sept 1 on CBET 3953) SUPERNOVA 2014cp IN PGC 9204 (S. PARKER) 2014cp Jun 23.76 02 25 30.46 -25 37 38.0 15.7r 29 "E 39 "N An image can be viewed at: http://tinyurl.com/nuwk6ut M. Childress: spectrum July 8 broad-lined type-Ic near maximum. Classification with SNID shows a good match to SN 1997dq at phase +1 day. (Announced Sept 1 on CBET 3954) SUPERNOVA 2014cq IN PGC 26596 (S.PARKER) 2014cq Jun 20.34 09 23 29.55 -63 40 28.3 16.8r 20 "E 16 "N An image is viewable at URL http://tinyurl.com/n8gh2x8. M. Childress: spectrum July 8 type-IIb a few weeks past maximum. (Announced Sept 1 on CBET 3955) SUPERNOVA 2014cr IN NGC 6806 (BERTO MONARD) 2014cr Jun 27.86 19 37 06.13 -42 17 50.5 17.8 12 "E 3 "S Images posted http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/supernova.html M. Childress: spectrum July 8 peculiar type-Ia similar to the 2002cx-like subclass sometimes referred to as type-Iax supernovae. (Announced Sept 2 on CBET 3956) Guy M Hurst