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IAUC 3011: OBJECT SCHUSTER; 1976k; 1976g; Cir X-1

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                                                  Circular No. 3011
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     Telex: 921428
Telephone: (617) 864-5758


OBJECT SCHUSTER
     H.-E. Schuster, European Southern Observatory, provides further
approximate positions as shown below.  On Nov. 20 R.A. should evidently
have been 2h03m38s, not 2h03m28s (cf. IAUC 3009).

     1976 UT          R. A. (1950) Decl.      Mag.
     Nov. 22.115      2 05.1     -39 13
          23.064      2 06.0     -38 42      ~13-14
          24.103      2 06.8     -38 09      ~13


COMET LOVAS (1976k)
     Precise positions obtained by R. E. McCrosky and C. Y. Shao
with the 155-cm reflector at Harvard Observatory's Agassiz Station:

     1976 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.
     Nov. 22.00389     9 22 34.45   +72 05 31.1
          22.06934     9 22 29.16   +72 05 48.2


COMET HARLAN (1976g)
     Further positions have been reported as follows:

     1976 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.        Observer
     June  5.24493    13 02.56      +38 05.5       Roemer
           5.25552    13 02.56      +38 05.3         "
     July 23.11338    13 20 20.32   +19 51 27.1    Shao
     Aug. 25.05477    14 01 52.25   + 4 34 12.7    McCrosky
     Sept.20.48229    14 49 02.52   - 8 14 15.2    Candy
     Oct. 25.50278    16 12 33.56   -24 15 04.8      "

E. Roemer and C. A. Heller (University of Arizona).  Steward
   Observatory's 229-cm reflector, Kitt Peak.
C. Y. Shao and R. E. McCrosky (Harvard College Observatory).
M. P. Candy (Perth Observatory).  Oct. 25: poor image, low altitude.


CIRCINUS X-1
     Corrigenda: IAUC 3003, second page.  On line 3, for  Sept. 9.25
read  Sept. 8.25; on line 6, for  2-3 days  read  1-2 days.


1976 November 26               (3011)              Brian G. Marsden

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