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IAUC 3631: 1981k; 1981 QB; 1981 QA
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Circular No. 3631
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 HOWELL (1981k)
Ellen Howell, California Institute of Technology, has discovered
a comet on exposures with the 0.46-m Schmidt telescope at
Palomar. The comet has been confirmed by C. Kowal with the 1.2-m
Schmidt. The comet is diffuse and tailless, with some evidence of
condensation on the 1.2-m exposure. Available positions are:
1981 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. m1 Observer
Aug. 29.35347 0 37.6 - 7 33 15 Howell
30.37222 0 37.1 - 7 38 "
31.43472 0 36.6 - 7 44 15 Kowal
1981 QB
Charles Kowal, California Institute of Technology, reports his
discovery of a fast-moving asteroidal object with the 1.2-m Schmidt
telescope at Palomar. Approximate positions from the ends of 75-min
exposures follow:
1981 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. Mag.
Aug. 28.23125 21 38.8 - 7 14 16
28.28333 21 38.7 - 7 18
29.20556 21 37.8 - 8 40 16
29.25764 21 37.7 - 8 44
30.20972 21 36.5 -10 14 16
30.26181 21 36.4 -10 18
31.20625 21 35.7 -11 48 16
31.25833 21 35.6 -11 53
1981 QA
The following precise positions have been obtained by A. C.
Gilmore and P. M. Kilmartin at Mt. John University Observatory:
1981 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. Mag.
Aug. 30.34802 20 41 44.47 - 0 58 34.6 13.0
30.36990 20 41 48.91 - 0 59 21.8
1981 September 1 (3631) Brian G. Marsden
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