Circular No. 8743
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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COMET P/2006 Q2 (LONEOS)
     An apparently asteroidal object discovered in the course of 
the LONEOS survey (discovery observation tabulated below), and 
posted on the 'NEO Confirmation Page', has been found to show 
cometary appearance by other CCD astrometrists.  P. Birtwhistle 
(Great Shefford, Berkshire, U.K., 0.40-m f/6 Schmidt-Cassegrain 
reflector) reports that his stack of images (total exposure time 44 
min) from Aug. 29.9 UT shows that the object has a 9"-diameter coma 
(FWHM 4".7) and a faint tail about 30" long (initially in p.a. 180 
deg but then curving back after 7" in p.a. 230 deg). Several long 
exposures by J. Young with the 0.61-m f/16 Cassegrain reflector at 
Table Mountain around Aug. 30.2 show a coma with diameter 8" and a 
broad tail 26" long in p.a. 215 deg.  Shorter exposures by 
Birtwhistle and Young show the comet's head to be essentially 
stellar in appearance.  Long exposures by Young on Aug. 31.22-31.30 
continue to show a tail about 26" long in p.a. about 215 deg, with 
a coma diameter of 4"-5".  Images taken by L. Buzzi (Varese, Italy, 
0.60-m f/4.64 reflector) around Aug. 31.0 show a broad, short tail 
about 10" long in p.a. about 180 deg.

     2006 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.       Mag.
     Aug. 29.27246   22 38 17.76   +13 59 30.9   18.2

The available astrometry, the following preliminary elliptical 
orbital elements, and an ephemeris appear on MPEC 2006-Q67.  

     T = 2006 Sept. 2.755 TT          Peri. =  96.607
     e = 0.58860                      Node  = 245.374   2000.0
     q = 1.33560 AU                   Incl. =   5.339
       a =  3.24643 AU     n = 0.168498     P =   5.85 years


SUPERNOVA 2006eo IN MCG -03-12-15
     Further to IAUC 8741, H. Khandrika and W. Li report the LOSS 
discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images taken
on Aug. 26.51 (at mag 18.2) and 28.50 UT (mag 18.6).  SN 2006eo is 
located at R.A. = 4h33m21s.94, Decl. = -18o40'36".8 (equinox 2000.0), 
which is 7".1 west and 1".3 north of the nucleus of the galaxy MCG 
-03-12-15.  A KAIT image taken on Feb. 9.20 showed nothing at this 
position (limiting mag 19.0). 

                      (C) Copyright 2006 CBAT
2006 August 31                 (8743)            Daniel W. E. Green