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IAUC 3114: 1977m; 1977 HB; HM Sge

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                                                  Circular No. 3114
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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COMET KOHLER (1977m)
Further precise positions have been reported as follows:

     1977 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.       m1     Observer
     Sept. 12.43993   15 38 23.04   +26 57 22.1   11     Urata
           12.44444   15 38 23.65   +26 57 17.0            "
           16.47882   15 46 58.78   +25 32 29.4          Koishikawa
           16.50521   15 47 02.16   +25 31 57.8            "
           17.44444   15 49 08.58   +25 11 19.0   10     Urata
           17.45382   15 49 09.76   +25 11 07.5            "
           24.76389   16 06 58.09   +22 18 29.0   10     Antal

T. Urata (JCPM Yakiimo Station). From Nihondaira Obs. Circ. No. 888.
M. Koishikawa (Sendai Observatory, Ayashi Station).  Measurer: S.
   Kasahara.  From Japan Astron. Circ. No. 115.
M. Antal (Skalnate Pleso Observatory).

     Total visual magnitude estimates: Sept. 16.14 UT, 9.0 (M. J.
Mayo and J. Truxton, Agoura, California, 25-cm reflector); 18.14,
8.8 (Mayo and Truxton); 20.09, 9.2 (C. Sherrod, North Little Rock,
Arkansas, 32-cm reflector; 10' tail in p.a. 350o); 22.07, 9.0 (P.
Maley, Houston, Texas, 13-cm refractor); 26.06, 8.9 (Maley).


1977 HB
     C. T. Kowal, Hale Observatories, provides the following precise
positions for the ends of a rather fuzzy trail that appears on
an exposure with the 122-cm Schmidt telescope at Palomar:

     1977 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.       mpv
     June 13.18715    13 04 56.14   -19 20 38.6  ~17.5
          13.20799    13 04 56.67   -19 20 43.6


HM SAGITTAE
     Recent visual magnitude estimates: July 19.13 UT, 11.2 (J.
Bortle, Brooks Observatory); Aug. 1.93, 11.0 (J. Hosty, Huddersfield,
England); 9.94, 10.8 (G. Hurst, Northampton, England); 22.88,
10.4 (Hurst); Sept. 2.89, 10.2 (Hurst); 7.14, 10.7 (Bortle).


1977 September 28              (3114)              Brian G. Marsden

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