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Circular No. 2233
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Cable Address: SATELLITES, NEWYORK
Western Union: RAPID SATELLITE CAMBMASS
NOVA AQUILAE 1970
Dr. M. Huruhata, Director of the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory,
cables that M. Honda has discovered another nova, as
follows:
1970 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. mpv
Apr. 14.787 19 22.2 + 4 12 8
On Apr. 15.676 UT H. Kosai (Tokyo) estimated mpv = 7. On Apr. 16.4
L. Jacchia and J. Ashbrook (Mass.) independently made mv near 7.5.
OBJECT KOWAL
Dr. K. Aksnes, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, communicates the
following precise positions reported to him by Mrs. E. F. Helin,
Division of Geological Sciences, California Institute of Technology,
of the minor planet mentioned on IAUC 2220. He finds that the
orbit is of the Hungaria type, with a = 1.96 AU, e = 0.04, i = 23o.
1970 UT R. A. (1950) Decl.
Jan. 31.26818 8 02 42.0 +19 47 59
Feb. 1.34098 8 00 53.5 +19 33 38
Mar. 8.17883 7 28 38.8 +12 30 21
9.20431 7 28 34.2 +12 20 11
COMET KOHOUTEK (1969b)
The following precise positions have been reported:
1970 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. Observer
Jan. 31.82951 19 54 42.36 +45 54 15.4 Seki
31.83889 19 54 43.59 +45 54 31.4 "
Feb. 1.87014 19 57 21.45 +46 25 37.3 "
4.84688 20 05 48.54 +48 03 24.2 "
Mar. 7.76666 22 49 25.59 +66 15 24.3 Mrkos
9.86104 23 09 32.32 +67 09 50.1 "
10.78347 23 18 51.76 +67 31 21.1 "
T. Seki (Kochi Observatory). 22-cm f/5 camera.
A. Mrkos (Klet Observatory). 40-cm f/2.6 Maksutov telescope.
1970 April 16 (2233) Brian G. Marsden
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