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IAUC 3156: Poss. COMET; 1977r; 1977g; 1977 UB
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Circular No. 3156
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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POSSIBLE COMET
B. Szeidl, Konkoly Observatory, cables that M. Lovas has
discovered a possible comet as follows:
1977 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. Mag.
Dec. 18 6 37.5 +79 50 18
The object is diffuse with condensation and moving north-northwest.
PERIODIC COMET KOJIMA (1977r)
T. Seki, Geisei, provides the following precise positions:
1977 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. m1
Dec. 5.59444 7 00 53.60 +21 32 27.6
5.61771 7 00 53.06 +21 32 30.1
20.77153 6 52 14.67 +21 43 28.6 18
PERIODIC COMET ASHBROOK-JACKSON (1977g)
Precise position by P. Jekabsons, Perth Observatory:
1977 UT R. A. (1950) Decl.
Oct. 13.52442 16 33 03.60 -32 45 36.8
1977 UB
Further precise prediscovery observations:
UT R. A. (1950) Decl. Mag. Location
1943 Mar. 8.8034 9 39 03.79 + 6 52 33.3 Bloemfontein
1948 Aug. 4.7580 15 08 26.55 -14 22 43.6 16 "
1976 Oct. 22.48556 1 48 44.68 +11 08 27.4 18.5 Kiso, Japan
Oct. 22.54941 1 48 43.97 +11 08 22.8 "
Oct. 24.58344 1 48 22.32 +11 06 11.8 18.5 "
Dec. 16.07041 1 40 57.57 +10 20 30.3 Harvard, Mass.
Bloemfontein (61-cm astrograph) and Harvard, Mass. (156-cm reflector).
Identifications by W. Liller and L. J. Chaisson.
Kiso, Japan (105-cm Schmidt). Identification by H. Kosai.
1977 December 30 (3156) Brian G. Marsden
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