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IAUC 1270: FMO JOHNSON
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Circulaire No. 1270
BUREAU CENTRAL DES TELEGRAMMES ASTRONOMIQUES.
UNION ASTRONOMIQUE INTERNATIONALE.
Adresse postale: Bureau Central des telegrammes astronomiques,
Observatory, Ostervold 3, Copenhagen K, Denmark.
Address telegraphique: Observatory Copenhagen.
FAST MOVING OBJECT JOHNSON
Dr. van den Bos, Union Observatory, Johannesburg,
has sent the following four observations, of which the first
three are corrections to cabled positions (Circ. 1268):
1950 U.T. R.A. (1950.0) Decl. Remarks
May 22.92905 18 41 2.76 -55 50 35.9 Beginning of trail Near edge
22.93598 18 40 59.43 -55 52 23.2 End " " of plate
24.90385 18 26 1.39 -63 23 18.3 Short exposures
25.87931 18 16 21.54 -66 40 28.4 near plate centre
Mag. 12.0; stellar appearance.
From the Cape Observatory the elements of a first
ellipse, computed by Jackson, have been received:
Epoch 1950 May 24.902 U.T.
M = 2 50
Peri. = 163 26
Node = 63 31 1950.0
Incl. = 57 22
phi = 46 50
mu = 409.5"
1950 June 5 (1270) Julie M. Vinter Hansen
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