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IAUC 8229: P/2003 U2; 2003ix; DE Cir

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                                                  Circular No. 8229
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COMET P/2003 U2 (LINEAR)
     F. Shelly, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, reports the discovery of a comet with a diffuse coma
and a very wide, fan-shaped tail in p.a. 85 deg on LINEAR images
(discovery observation below).  Following posting on the NEO
Confirmation Page, other CCD observers have also commented on the
cometary appearance on Oct. 21.1-21.2 UT, including J. Young at
Table Mountain (0.6-m reflector; 5" coma without central
condensation and with a fan-shaped tail about 25" long spanning
p.a. 70-95 deg) and R. Fredrick and T. Medlock at Louisburg, KS
(0.75-m reflector; 30" tail in p.a. 80 deg).

     2003 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.       Mag.
     Oct. 19.08914   20 19 13.43   - 3 35 46.3   18.3

The available astrometry (including prediscovery LINEAR
observations on Sept. 19 and Oct. 2), the following orbital
elements, and an ephemeris appear on MPEC 2003-U38.

     T = 2003 Dec.  4.9117 TT         Peri. = 177.3423
     e = 0.621075                     Node  = 186.4689  2000.0
     q = 1.710041 AU                  Incl. =  24.4852
       a =  4.512875 AU    n = 0.1028073    P =   9.6 years


SUPERNOVA 2003ix IN UGC 3746
     The Lick Observatory Supernova Search program (cf. IAUC 6627),
which is led by A. V. Filippenko and W. Li (and currently includes
B. Beutler, J. Burket, M. Ganeshalingam, J. Graham, H. Pugh, M.
Moore, D. Singer, B. Swift, and D. Weisz), reports (via Li) the
discovery by Ganeshalingam of an apparent supernova (mag about
18.8) on unfiltered KAIT images taken on Oct. 19.5 and 20.5 UT.
The new object is located at R.A. = 7h14m25s.72, Decl. =
+55o08'53".4 (equinox 2000.0), which is 7".0 west and 1".1 south of
the nucleus of UGC 3746.  A KAIT image taken on Apr. 7.1 showed
nothing at this position (limiting mag about 19.5).


DE CIRCINI
     Additional magnitudes by W. Liller (cf. IAUC 8221):  Oct.
13.000 UT, V = 10.76; 13.004, B = 11.12; 16.999, V = 12.45; 17.995,
V = 12.60.

                      (C) Copyright 2003 CBAT
2003 October 21                (8229)            Daniel W. E. Green

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