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IAUC 3629: 1981 QA; HZ Her; SATURN IX

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                                                  Circular No. 3629
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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1981 QA
     A. Mrkos, Klet Observatory, reports that Ladislav Brozek has
discovered a fast-moving asteroidal object.  C.-Y. Shao, Center for
Astrophysics, communicates the two confirmatory positions, obtained
from plates exposed by G. Schwartz with the O.41-m Metcalf astrograph
at the Oak Ridge Observatory.

     1981 UT          R. A. (1950) Decl.    Mag.    Observer
     Aug. 21.86515   20 13.4     + 3 58     13.0    Brozek
          24.05541   20 20.2     + 2 45   ~ 13.5    Schwartz
          24.17383   20 20.7     + 2 41               "


HZ HERCULIS
     J. A. Mattei, AAVSO, informs us that this close-binary x-ray
source has been varying considerably at visual wavelengths, as indicated
by the following magnitude estimates: June 11.3 UT, 13.8 (C.
Scovil, Stamford, CT); 18.3, 13.7 (Scovil); 28.1, 12.5 (Scovil);
31.2, 13.8 (Scovil); July 23.1, 12.8 (T. Fetterman, Bridgewater, NJ);
24.1,  14.2 (Fetterman); 28.1, 12.8 (Fetterman); 30.1, 12.9
(Fetterman); Aug. 2.2, 13.0 (Fetterman); 5.1, 13.0 (Fetterman);
17.2, 14.2 (Scovil); 23.2, 14.8 (J. Morgan, Prescott, AZ).


SATURN IX
     Additional observations of Saturn IX (Phoebe) obtained at the
European Southern Observatory under the direction of H.
Debehogne:

     1981 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.
     Mar.  6.35068    12 30 29.43   - 0 27 23.4
           6.35656    12 30 29.36   - 0 27 22.9
           6.36176    12 30 29.27   - 0 27 22.6
           7.29704    12 30 16.01   - 0 25 49.1
           7.30362    12 30 15.91   - 0 25 48.4
           7.31054    12 30 15.83   - 0 25 47.5
           8.33968    12 30 01.02   - 0 24 04.4
           8.34660    12 30 00.92   - 0 24 03.6
           8.35353    12 30 00.81   - 0 24 02.9
          12.38070    12 29 01.38   - 0 17 11.3
          12.38762    12 29 01.27   - 0 17 10.6


1981 August 25                 (3629)              Daniel W. E. Green

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