Circular No. 2882 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 COMET SATO (1975q) K. Osawa, Tokyo Astronomical Observatory, reports that Yasuo Sato (Tochigi) has discovered a comet. The following observations are available: 1975 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. m1 Observer Dec. 5.76042 12 14.0 +19 15 9 Sato 7.531 12 16.3 +15 44 10.5 Harlan Y. Sato (Tochigi). Comet diffuse without central condensation, no tail. E. A. Harlan (Lick Observatory). 10-cm camera. Comet diffuse with central condensation, no tail. Communicated by A. R. Klemola. COMET WEST (1975n) P. M. Kilmartin, Carter Observatory, provides the following precise positions obtained with the 41-cm reflector. 1975 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. Nov. 9.42452 20 17 44.51 -40 45 26.7 9.43632 20 17 44.81 -40 45 23.9 11.38540 20 18 12.72 -40 35 23.7 11.40480 20 18 13.05 -40 35 18.5 COMET BRADFIELD (1975p) The following observations, also with the 41-cm reflector of the Carter Observatory, were made by A. C. Gilmore. Measurer: P. M. Kilmartin. 1975 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. Nov. 28.62442 13 41 05.87 -48 57 40.8 28.63015 13 41 10.61 -48 57 44.2 V616 MONOCEROTIS (NOVA MONOCEROTIS 1975) J. Bortle, Brooks Observatory, provides further visual magnitude estimates as follows: Oct. 31.35 UT, 12.4; Nov. 5.35, 12.4. 1975 December 9 (2882) Zdenek Sekanina
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