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IAUC 2256: 1969b; P/GALE

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                                                  Circular No. 2256
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
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COMET KOHOUTEK (1969b)
     The following precise positions have been reported:

     1969/70 UT          R. A. (1950) Decl.        Observer
     Oct. 14.77561    18 02 11.38   +27 09 22.1    Kohoutek
          14.79113    18 02 11.28   +27 09 19.9      "
     Nov.  5.72946    18 05 11.06   +26 44 18.9      "
          24.73339    18 15 50.88   +27 32 02.9      "
     Dec. 10.68835    18 29 47.04   +29 19 12.8      "
     Feb. 28.75969    21 53 08.01   +62 31 16.0      "
     Mar.  6.77284    22 40 25.99   +65 47 06.7      "
          23.78924     1 49 05.52   +68 59 12.8      "
          23.80050     1 49 13.30   +68 59 05.6      "
          28.92421     2 45 08.51   +67 36 30.8      "
     Apr. 30.84852     5 52 52.76   +49 21 57.5    Milet
          30.85268     5 52 53.23   +49 21 48.8      "
          30.87242     5 52 57.01   +49 21 04.8

L. Kohoutek (Hamburg Observatory, Bergedorf).  80-cm f/3 Schmidt.
   Objective prism plates (4o prism, 580 A/mm at H-gamma) taken between
   September 1969 and May 1970 show only a continuous spectrum in
   the region 3600-6700 A.
B. Milet (Nice Observatory).  42-cm Zeiss double astrograph.


PERIODIC COMET GALE
     The following ephemeris is from Handbk. Br. astr. Assoc. for
1970, some adjustment having been applied to the magnitude.
                                                          Variation
     1970 ET     R. A. (1950) Decl.     Delta     r     dR.A.  dDecl. Mag.
     Aug.  2    11 43.82    + 8 58.7    2.410   1.823   -0m71  + 6'8  20.8
          12    12 02.32    + 6 13.4                    -0.78  + 7.7
          22    12 22.45    + 3 15.5    2.353   1.646   -0.85  + 8.7  20.1
     Sept. 1    12 44.32    + 0 05.0                    -0.95  + 9.8
          11    13 08.13    - 3 17.5    2.268   1.479   -1.06  +10.9  19.3

               Mag. = 15.0 + 5 log Delta + 15 log r


1970 June 19                   (2256)              Brian G. Marsden

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