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IAUC 3059: 1936 CA (ADONIS); 1975 VIII; 1975 II; Poss. COMET
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Circular No. 3059
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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1936 CA (ADONIS)
The following precise positions have been reported:
1977 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. Mag. Observer
Feb. 24.20561 10 25 30.76 +11 31 15.2 18.5 Schuster
24.22639 10 25 25.46 +11 31 36.2 "
25.21258 10 21 45.42 +11 47 09.0 18.5 "
26.24032 10 18 11.87 +12 01 56.5 18.5 "
27.22512 10 15 02.02 +12 14 55.6 19.0 "
28.26602 10 11 55.16 +12 27 25.4 19.0 "
Mar. 13.14257 9 48 20.16 +13 52 45.4 "
17.13911 9 44 53.63 +14 02 01.4 McCrosky
18.20576 9 44 10.99 +14 03 41.9 Schwartz
20.13436 9 43 07.84 +14 05 48.9 McCrosky
22.16668 9 42 16.65 +14 06 59.9 ~20.5 Shao
H.-E. Schuster (European Southern Observatory). Trail extremely
faint on Mar. 13 but apparently genuine. Measurer: R. M. West.
R. E. McCrosky, G. Schwartz and C.-Y. Shao (Harvard College Observatory).
Mar. 18 image very weak and poor. Measurer: Shao.
COMET LOVAS (1975 VIII)
The following precise positions have been reported:
1976 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. Observer
Sept.25.23937 0 19 00.84 -22 06 08.5 Schwartz
Nov. 14.65280 23 48 15.84 -18 14 21.1 Candy
G. Schwartz (Harvard Observatory). Measurer: J. H. Bulger.
M. P. Candy (Perth Observatory). 33-cm astrograph.
Ephemeris from the orbital elements on IAUC 3035:
1977 ET R. A. (1950) Decl. Delta r m2
May 17 0 58.71 + 2 38.3 7.174 6.447 19.4
27 1 02.73 + 3 26.1
June 6 1 06.17 + 4 10.0 7.068 6.587 19.4
16 1 08.97 + 4 49.9
26 1 11.03 + 5 25.4 6.909 6.726 19.5
July 6 1 12.29 + 5 56.5
16 1 12.69 + 6 22.9 6.723 6.865 19.5
26 1 12.18 + 6 44.6
Aug. 5 1 10.75 + 7 01.3 6.544 7.004 19.5
15 1 08.41 + 7 13.2
25 1 05.22 + 7 20.3 6.410 7.143 19.6
Sept. 4 1 01.28 + 7 23.1
14 0 56.75 + 7 22.1 6.358 7.281 19.6
24 0 51.80 + 7 18.0
Oct. 4 0 46.68 + 7 11.9 6.420 7.419 19.7
14 0 41.62 + 7 04.8
24 0 36.86 + 6 58.0 6.609 7.556 19.9
Nov. 3 0 32.59 + 6 52.5
13 0 28.99 + 6 49.5 6.917 7.693 20.1
23 0 26.18 + 6 49.7
Dec. 3 0 24.22 + 6 53.7 7.320 7.829 20.3
13 0 23.14 + 7 01.9
23 0 22.91 + 7 14.5 7.778 7.966 20.5
COMET SCHUSTER (1975 II)
A. C. Gilmore provides the following precise positions,
obtained with the 41-cm reflector at the Carter Observatory.
Measurer: P. M. Kilmartin. The image on the first plate is poor.
1977 UT R. A. (1950) Decl.
Feb. 12.47464 9 08 03.57 -50 59 27.1
12.51883 9 07 59.54 -50 59 20.1
25.37929 8 54 26.18 -50 31 05.1
25.42304 8 54 23.53 -50 30 59.9
The following orbital elements, by the undersigned, are from
46 observations 1976 Feb. 25 to 1977 Feb. 25. Perturbations by all
nine planets were taken into account. Mean residual 0".93.
Epoch = 1975 Jan. 28.0 ET
T = 1975 Jan. 15.6030 ET Peri. = 193.4309
e = 1.002036 Node = 22.0875 1950.0
q = 6.881077 AU Incl. = 112.0202
POSSIBLE COMET
On Kiev Komet. Tsirk. No. 206 G. V. Zhukov, Engelhardt
Astronomical Observatory, reports the discovery of a diffuse moving
object on three short exposures obtained with the 38-cm Schmidt
telescope. Measurer: M. I. Kibardina.
1976 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. m1
July 1.79174 18 52 44.24 + 2 41 21.5 11-12
1.79347 18 52 44.17 + 2 41 11.4
1.79527 18 52 43.98 + 2 41 00.7
1977 April 8 (3059) Brian G. Marsden
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