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IAUC 4013: 1984t; SN IN NGC 7184

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                                                  Circular No. 4013
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 LEVY-RUDENKO (1984t)
     Further precise positions have been reported as follows:

     1984 UT            R.A.   (1950.0)   Decl.     Observer

     Nov. 20.06424    18 45 20.06    +12 53 35.1    Skiff
          20.09132    18 45 19.44    +12 54 27.2      "
          20.36270    18 45 13.14    +13 03 12.2    Watanabe
          20.76806    18 45 04.18    +13 16 08.8    Barthelemy
          22.39757    18 44 26.24    +14 08 18.6    Koishikawa
          22.42535    18 44 25.69    +14 09 12.9      "
          23.37674    18 44 03.52    +14 39 37.9      "
          23.39826    18 44 03.03    +14 40 20.8      "
          23.42813    18 44 02.40    +14 41 16.6      "

B. A. Skiff (Lowell Anderson Mesa Station).  Measurer: E. Bowell.
K. Watanabe (Sapporo Science Center).  Long. = +141.4758 deg, Lat. =
   +43.0336 deg, h = 30 m.  Communicated by S. Nakano, Tokyo.
A. Barthelemy (Caussols).  Reduced by R. Chemin.
M. Koishikawa (Sendai Obs., Ayashi Sta.).  Measurer: S. Kasahara.

     Orbital elements by Nakano from 20 observations Nov. 14-23:

          T = 1984 Dec. 14.307 ET  Peri. =  82.951
                                   Node  = 330.387   1950.0
          q =   0.91625 AU         Incl. =  65.546


SUPERNOVA IN NGC 7184
     G. M. Hurst, Basingstoke, England, writes that R. O. Evans'
presumed supernova (IAUC 3962, but see also IAUC 3994 and 3995)
was photographed by A. Young, Burwash, on July 28, Aug. 28 and
Sept. 22,  during which time the object faded from  mpv  ~  14.5 to
mpv ~ 15.5.   Measurements by P. Birtwhistle, Godstone, give the
position as R.A. = 21h59m58s24, Decl. = -21deg02'22"9 (equinox 1950.0).
The offset from the galaxy's nucleus is 68"7 east, 53"6 north.
The object is not identical with Tatum's, which is located 1"5 to
the west and 12"2 to the north.  Evans himself writes that he has
been informed that a low-dispersion spectrogram obtained at the
Anglo-Australian Observatory on July 31 suggests that the object
was a heavily obscured type I supernova, and that a spectrogram
obtained with the 5-m Palomar reflector appears to confirm this,
but no official word has been received of these observations.


1984 November 26               (4013)              Brian G. Marsden

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