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IAUC 3412: ERUPTIVE Var IN And; 1979 QB; 1979c

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                                                  Circular No. 3412
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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ERUPTIVE VARIABLE IN ANDROMEDA
     P. Wild, Astronomical Institute, Berne, reports the discovery
of an eruptive variable at R.A. = 0h39m.2, Decl. = +26o21' (equinox 1950.0).
Magnitude estimates: Sept. 16.90 UT, [17; 19.01, 13; 27.88, 15.


1979 QB
     E. Helin, California Institute of Technology, reports that
this object (cf. IAUC 3401) has been observed as follows by K. R.
Russell with the 1.2-m U.K. Schmidt telescope at Coonabarabran:

     1979 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.
     Aug. 16.56759    21 49 29.95   -17 49 05.0
          16.61273    21 49 29.80   -17 48 40.6
     Sept.21.49149    22 02 04.46   - 9 55 30.9
          21.54010    22 02 07.04   - 9 54 39.9

     Orbital elements and ephemeris by the undersigned:

       T = 1979 Sept. 25.005 ET
   Peri. =  11.304                    e =   0.44299
   Node  = 342.155    1950.0          a =   2.33379 AU
   Incl. =   3.381                    n =   0.276446
       q =   1.29996 AU               P =   3.57 years

     1979 ET     R. A. (1950) Decl.     Delta     r      B
     Sept.24    22 04.56    - 9 14.3    0.331   1.300   17.7
     Oct.  4    22 17.01    - 6 26.5
          14    22 32.94    - 3 39.1    0.388   1.314   18.2
          24    22 51.51    - 0 56.9
     Nov.  3    23 11.96    + 1 38.2    0.488   1.357   18.9
          13    23 33.50    + 4 05.3
          23    23 55.63    + 6 24.2    0.631   1.424   19.6


COMET BRADFIELD (1979c)
     J. Bortle, Brooks Observatory, reports the following observations
(0.3-m reflector) of a vague diffuse patch at the position of
the comet: Sept. 12.10, m1 = 11.3, coma 3'.0; 13.15, 11.2, ~ 2'.5.
C.-Y. Shao informs us that 15-30-min exposures with Harvard Observatory's
1.5-m f/5 reflector in good conditions on Sept. 21-24 showed
the object as a completely uncondensed diffuse spot of m1 ~ 18-19.


1979 October 1                 (3412)              Brian G. Marsden

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