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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2062      2004 Nov 28 14.38UT
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             GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK
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OCCULTATION OF TYC 1163-00239-1U BY 1712 ANGOLA, 2004 NOVEMBER 29
According to an e-mail received from Pierre Vingerhoets of Belgium the 
Minor Planet 1712 Angola will occult the star TYC 1163-00239-1u on 
November 29 at 18h 14.5mUT. It is suggested observations are made from 
18h08mUT to 18h21mUT.

The predicted limit: Scotland; N Netherlands; Germany; S Czechia; N
Austria; Hungary; N Serbia; S Romania; Bulgaria and Turkey

The star is of visual magnitude 11.4 and located at:
RA 23h 07m 16.199s DEC +12 19' 11.82" (2000) in Pegasus and thus well 
placed.

The maximum duration is 4.4 seconds and as the asteroid is of magnitude 
15.6 a magnitude drop of 4.2 seems likely.

Observers should refer to the following for a suitable map and further 
data, also provided by Schwaenen.

http://astrosurf.com/eaon/Cartes/11%20nov/29-11%20angola.gif

SUPERNOVAE 2004ga AND 2004gb
These designations were announced on IAUC 8439 by the SuperMACHO 
collaboration and others. Both are magnitude 19.7 or fainter.

COMET P/2004 V5 (LINEAR-HILL)
According to a report by Z. Sekanina, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, on IAUC 
8440, calculations show that the two nuclei of P/2004 V5 recently imaged 
by Peter Birtwhistle (cf TA E-Circular 2060) broke apart around 2001.9 
at a heliocentric distance of about 6.3 AU and 2.5 years before 
perihelion.

SUPERNOVA 2004fz IN NGC 783
Further to the announcement on TA E-Circular 2061 that Tom Boles and Ron 
Arbour had found this supernova in NGC 783, a follow-up report by A. V. 
Filippenko et. al., has appeared on IAUC 8440. It refers to a spectrum 
obtained on Nov 15 UT with the 1.88-m reflector of David Dunlap 
Observatory which suggests the object is of type Ia, then about one week 
prior to maximum.

Guy M Hurst