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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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