[IAUC] IAUC 8776: P/2006 W2; 2006nf-2006nq [25139-2007/05-R1]

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                                                  Circular No. 8776
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COMET P/2006 W2 (LONEOS)
     E. J. Christensen, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University
of Arizona, reports the recovery of P/2001 WF_2 (cf. IAUC 7827)
with the Catalina 0.68-m Schmidt telescope, with no sign of coma in
three co-added 60-s CCD exposures on Nov. 18.3 UT or in four 30-s
stacked images from Nov. 19.24-19.25.  The indicated correction to
the prediction on MPC 51822 is Delta(T) = -0.05 day.

     2006 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.       Mag.
     Nov. 18.27493    2 36 18.41   - 8 25 30.0   19.6
          18.28226    2 36 17.41   - 8 25 25.3   19.3
          18.29691    2 36 15.43   - 8 25 17.3
          19.23653    2 34 13.36   - 8 16 31.1   19.5
          19.24258    2 34 12.68   - 8 16 29.0   19.6
          19.24869    2 34 11.82   - 8 16 25.4   19.6
          19.25475    2 34 10.95   - 8 16 22.5   19.8

     The following orbital elements linking the two apparitions are
by B. G. Marsden, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory:

                    Epoch = 2002 Feb. 15.0 TT
     T = 2002 Jan. 29.8481 TT         Peri. =  51.3524
     e = 0.666722                     Node  =  75.1326  2000.0
     q = 0.976351 AU                  Incl. =  16.9227
       a =  2.929544 AU    n = 0.1965641    P =   5.014 years

                    Epoch = 2007 Jan. 20.0 TT
     T = 2007 Feb.  6.1422 TT         Peri. =  51.4476
     e = 0.665924                     Node  =  75.0606  2000.0
     q = 0.979669 AU                  Incl. =  16.9051
       a =  2.932476 AU    n = 0.1962693    P =   5.022 years


SUPERNOVAE 2006nf-2006nq
     Eleven new type-Ia supernovae (designated 2006nf-2006np, all
in the magnitude range g = 21.0-23.0) found between Oct. 17 and
Nov. 10 by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II collaboration have been
reported by J. Frieman and announced on CBET 740.  The "Nearby
Supernova Factory" collaboration reports the discovery of the
type-II supernova 2006nq (R about 19.7) in NEAT images obtained on
Nov. 13.2 UT (details on CBET 741).

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2006 November 20               (8776)            Daniel W. E. Green