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IAUC 3437: 1979l; 1979 YA; 1979 XA; Occn OF SAO 80950 BY (9)

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                                                  Circular No. 3437
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 BRADFIELD (1979l)
     William A. Bradfield, Dernancourt, near Adelaide, reports the
discovery of a comet.  The following observations are available:

     1979 UT          R. A. (1950) Decl.     m1     Observer
     Dec. 24.753     16 19.0     -35 20      5      Bradfield
          25.753     16 17.7     -35 43      5        "
          25.85069   16 17.2     -35 46      5      Candy

W. A. Bradfield (Dernancourt).  Object diffuse with condensation,
   tail > 1o.
M. P. Candy (Perth Observatory).  Object diffuse with condensation.


1979 YA
     H. Debehogne reports another observation of the object (cf.
IAUC 3434) observed by E. Rangel Netto and himself at the European
Southern Observatory.  It is suggested that the object may be
cometary, its appearance diffuse with condensation but no tail.

     1979 UT          R. A. (1950) Decl.     m2
     Dec. 20.11944    6 04.9     +14 45     16


1979 XA
     The following precise positions have been measured by M. L.
Kantz from exposures by E. Bowell and H. L. Giclas with the 0.3-m
photographic telescope at the Lowell Observatory:

     1979 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.        Observer
     Dec. 15.19479     2 25 55.79   +13 42 52.0    Bowell
          19.12917     2 03 54.97   +12 21 40.6    Giclas


OCCULTATION OF SAO 80950 BY (9) METIS
     P. Maley, Houston, reports the following visual observation of
this event by W. Nissen and himself: disappearance, Dec. 11d08h18m35s.1;
reappearance, 11d08h19m01s.8; Long. = +58o09'06".96, Lat. = +6o49'55".86,
h = 33 m.  A photographic record was also obtained.  No
secondary events were noted during 11d08h12m.3-11d08h25m.4 UT.


1979 December 26               (3437)              Brian G. Marsden

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