------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 3033 2014 Oct 20 14.12UT 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- LARGE SUNSPOT GROUP Peter Meadows, TA Solar Editor, reported on 2014 October 18: A large sunspot group has rotated onto the solar disk in the SE quadrant (AR 2192). The follower sunspot is the most dominant as it contains the majority of the group's area at approximate 2000 millionths of the Sun's visible hemisphere. Although not visible with the protected naked eye this morning (Saturday 18th), it will surely become visible with the naked eye over the coming days. Observations and images will be welcome for the TA October solar notes.  Only safe solar observing methods must be used! SUPERNOVA 2014cs IN PGC 349297 (S. PARKER) 2014cs Jun 22.53 21 35 53.36 -62 05 39.8 17.1r 2 “E 6 “N An image is viewable at website URL http://tinyurl.com/lpcvgxy M. Childress: spectrum July 8 type-Ia a few weeks past maximum It shows a good match to SN 1999cc at phase +23 days, and the preferred SNID redshift is about 0.054, consistent with the apparent host galaxy, PGC 349297 (z = 0.05366; Jones et al. 2009, 6dF Galaxy Survey Data Release 3). (Announced Sept 2 on CBET 3957) Guy M Hurst