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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 3042      2014 Nov 30 16.10UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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2MASS J06593158-0405277: FU ORI-TYPE OUTBURST
Hiroyuki Maehara, Okyama Astrophysical Observatory, NAOJ and others report
on The Astronomer's Telegram 6770 the discovery of an 
FU Ori-type outburst of 2MASS J06593158-0405277.
The outburst was discovered by T. Kojima from a survey image obtained with a
85mm f/2.8 lens and Canon EOS 60D DSLR camera on 2014 Nov 3.82UT at mag
11.0. The object was already visible on archival images taken on 2014 Sept
22.76 (mag 11.5) and 2014 Oct 06.792 (mag 11.2). However, nothing was
visible at the position on archival images taken from 2012 Oct 25.76 to 2014
Mar 3.48 (limiting mag about 13). According to the photometric data from the
Kamogata-Kiso-Kyoto Wide-field Survey (KWS; f.l.=105mm lens + SBIG ST-8XME
CCD, 18"/pixel) database, the object was at Ic = 11.4 + from 2013 Oct 12.80
to 2014 Mar 14.45 and it has brightened by 1.5 mag in Ic-band on 2014 Oct
06.82 (Ic = 9.9, V = 10.9). 

A low-resolution spectrum was obtained with the 0.40-m telescope at Fujii
Kurosaki Observatory, Oakayama, Japan on 2014 Nov 23.70. The spectrum is
dominated by absorption lines of H-alpha (equivalent width 0.18 nm), H-beta
(EW = 0.81 nm), Na I D (EW = 0.46 nm), Ba II 649.7 (EW = 0.15 nm), Mg I
516.7 (EW = 0.22 nm), Li 670.6 (EW = 0.05 nm) and DIB 628.4. No strong
emission features are present in the spectrum. The overall appearance of the
spectrum is similar to that of FU Ori. These features suggest that the
object is a YSO undergoing an FU Ori-type outburst.

SUPERNOVA 2014cy IN NGC 7742 (NISHIMURA)
2014cy  Aug 31.62   23 44 16.03  +10 46 12.5  16.2   1  "E   12  "N
N. Morrell: near-infrared spectrogram of Sept.3.19 UT shows that 2014cy is a
type-II supernova, approximately 10 days past explosion.  
CBET 3964 issued Sept 5

Guy Hurst reports a V measure of 16.1 was obtained on 2014 Nov 5.997UT using
the Bradford Robotic Telescope.

SUPERNOVA 2014cz IN ESO 294-G21 (PARKER)
2014cz  Sep  2.44   00 32 14.54  -41 22 55.9  17.2r  3  "W    6  "N
An image is viewable at http://tinyurl.com/opl8c3d
N. Morrell: near-infrared spectrogram of Sept. 3.23UT shows that 2014cz is a
type-Ia supernova.  The spectrum resembles the near-infrared spectrum of SN
2013gy at 22 days past maximum light.
CBET 3965 issued Sept 5

SUPERNOVA 2014da IN NGC 128 (LOSS)
2014da  Aug  7.50   00 29 15.12  +02 51 57.6  16.2   0.7"E    7.2"N
W. Zheng: spectrum Aug 26 with the Shane 3-m reflector shows it
is a type-Ia supernova.  Cross-correlation with SNID indicates a similarity
with a few 1991bg-like supernovae and a few normal type-Ia supernovae about
3-4 weeks after maximum light.  However, the peak absolute magnitude of
about -17.5 suggests a sub-luminous type-Ia supernova, consistent with the
1991bg-like classification.
CBET 3966 issued Sept 5

Guy M Hurst