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IAUC 3022: 1976e; N Vul 1976

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                                                  Circular No. 3022
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
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PERIODIC COMET D'ARREST (1976e)
     Further precise positions have been reported as follows:

     1976 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.        m1    Observer
     July 19.89301    19 39 31.53   +18 02 18.7          Benisek
          19.9451     19 39 41.0    +18 00 49            Hoffmann
          28.9333     20 13 01.09   +11 02 11.6            "
          28.9486     20 13 04.96   +11 01 12.8            "
     Aug. 14.45486    21 50 30.16   -14 18 40.0          Herald
          20.55796    22 33 12.37   -24 13 21.7          Gilmore
          22.38887    22 45 42.07   -26 44 28.7            "
          22.39127    22 45 43.04   -26 44 39.8            "
     Sept.12.45347     0 27 25.20   -40 05 56.6          Herald
          18.67706     0 42 18.36   -40 38 27.5          Gilmore
          18.68730     0 42 19.38   -40 38 27.2            "
          28.58472     0 56 58.97   -40 03 16.4    9     Suzuki
          28.58993     0 56 59.37   -40 03 14.6            "
     Oct. 20.46042     1 10 44.69   -35 07 19.5          Herald
          26.80382     1 13 17.24   -33 09 07.4          Hers

V. P. Benisek (Belgrade Observatory).  12.5-cm f/8 refractor.
M. Hoffmann and H. W. Radeke (Hoher List Observatory).
D. Herald (Kambah, near Canberra).  The Aug. 14 position corrects
   that on IAUC 2985.  30-cm reflector.
A. C. Gilmore (Carter Observatory).  Measurer: P. M. Kilmartin.
K. Suzuki (JCPM Oi Station).  From Nihondaira Obs. Circ. No. 806.
J. Hers (Linden Observatory).  Image faint, measurement difficult.

     Total visual magnitude estimates by J. Bortle, Brooks Observatory
(32-cm reflector): Dec. 14.02, 11.3; 16.0, 11.6; 19.01, [11.7.


NOVA VULPECULAE 1976
     J. Mattei, American Association of Variable Star Observers,
communicates the following photoelectric V measures by D. Skillman:
Dec. 1.00 UT, 8.42; 14.00, 8.77; 18.00, 9.07; also visual magnitude
estimates, apparently indicating a rather precipitous decline: Dec.
21.10 UT, 9.4 (R. Annal); 22.10, 9.6 (Annal); 23.13, 9.0 (J.
Morgan); 24.14, 9.0 (Morgan); 25.06, 9.3 (Morgan); 25.10, 9.9
(Annal); 26.10, 10.3 (Annal); 26.11, 10.5 (Morgan); 27.06, ~ 10.8
(Morgan); 27.10, ~ 10.8 (Annal); 28.08, ~ 11.0 (Annal).


1976 December 28               (3022)              Brian G. Marsden

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