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IAUC 8604: 2005ej, 2005ek, 2005el, 2005em; C/2005 S1; CCO 2005

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                                                  Circular No. 8604
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVAE 2005ej, 2005ek, 2005el, 2005em
     Four new apparent supernovae have been discovered on
unfiltered CCD images:  2005ej by T. Boles (Coddenham, England,
0.35-m reflector), and the rest by LOSS/KAIT (via H. Khandrika,
D. R. Madison, M. Baek, K. Shimasaki, and W. Li; cf. IAUC 8602).

SN      2005 UT       R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005ej  Sep. 23.89   18 53 38.48  +66 13 59.3  17.4   12".1 E, 3".4 N
2005ek  Sep. 24.53    3 05 48.96  +36 46 10.6  17.5   66".5 E, 60" S
2005el  Sep. 19.48    5 11 48.72  + 5 11 39.4  18.7   39" E, 22".6 S
2005em  Sep. 27.44    3 13 47.71  - 0 14 37.0  18.1   38" E, 7".9 S

Approximate magnitudes from the respective observers:  SN 2005ej,
1991 Aug. 31, [21.0 (Digitized Sky Survey, red); 1992 June 29,
[20.5 (DSS, blue); 2005 May 17, [19.5; July 17, [19.5; Sept.
24.812, 17.4.  SN 2005ek in UGC 2526, Sept. 18.51, [19; 25.37, 17.3.
SN 2005el in NGC 1819, Sept. 14.50, [19; 25.47, 16.0.  SN 2005em
in IC 307, Sept. 2.43, [19.5; 28.38, 18.0.


COMET C/2005 S1 (SOHO)
     Further to IAUC 8592, K. Battams reports a fairly bright
Kreutz sungrazing comet (with T = 2005 Sept. 29.3 TT) on SOHO
images (first available position given below); the comet was at mag
about 4.2 with a tail about 9'.3 long on Sept. 28.545 UT at about
17.7 solar radii.

 Comet       2005 UT       R.A.(2000)Decl.  Inst.  F    MPEC
 C/2005 S1   Sep. 27.721  11 44.8   + 3 39   C3    HS   2005-S70


CATALOGUE OF COMETARY ORBITS 2005
     A new edition of the Catalogue of Cometary Orbits, with
entries complete through August, is now available.  The 207-page
Catalogue sells for $40.00 ($60.00 for airmail delivery outside
North America).  There is also an e-mail edition (with just the
basic orbital information) for $75.00.  Orders should be sent to
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check made payable to Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

                      (C) Copyright 2005 CBAT
2005 September 28              (8604)            Daniel W. E. Green

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