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IAUC 4267: 1986n; 1986 UD; 1982i

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                                                  Circular No. 4267
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 SORRELLS (1986n)
     William Sorrells, Pleasanton, CA, reports his discovery of a
comet on a deep exposure with a 0.40-m f/5 reflector.  The
following obervations are available:

   1986 UT           R.A. (1950.0) Decl.        m1    Observer

   Nov.  1.325      5 38.9       +26 51               Sorrells
         1.486      5 38.3       +26 53        12.5     "
         2.001      5 36.4       +27 00        12     Young
         2.04623    5 36 21.10   +27 01 02.2   11     Manning
         2.06021    5 36 18.04   +27 01 09.6            "
         2.476      5 34.8       +27 04               Sorrells

W. Sorrells (Pleasanton, CA).  Initial 60-min exposure confirmed
   by subsequent 10-min exposures and also visually.  Somewhat
   starlike image surrounded by diffuseness.
A. Young (Burwash, England).  Comet diffuse with condensation.
   Communicated by G. M. Hurst.  Correction of telegraphed data.
B. Manning (Stakenbridge, near Kidderminster, England).  Comet
    diffuse with condensation.  Communicated by G. M. Hurst.


1986 UD
     T. Urata, Shimizu, Japan, reports the discovery by T. Niijima
and himself at Ojima of a fast-moving asteroidal object:

      1986 UT             R.A.   (1950.0)   Decl.       Mag.

      Oct. 30.57911      2 00 27.12     +18 52 18.5     16
           30.61875      2 00 22.30     +18 54 12.5


PERIODIC COMET HALLEY (1982i)
     Total visual magnitude estimates: Aug. 2.71, 11.1 (R. Fleet,
Harare, Zimbabwe, 0.3-m reflector); 7.70, 11.6 (Fleet); 9.70, 11.9
(Fleet; moonlight, haze, low altitude); Oct. 27.5, 11.5 (J. Young,
Table Mountain Observatory, 0.61-m reflector; low altitude and
moonlight); 28.5, 11.5 (Young); 29.53, 12: (C. S. Morris, near Mt.
Wilson, CA, 0.26-m reflector); 31.5, 11.5 (Young); 31.51, 12.0:
(A. Hale, Las Cruces, NM, 0.20-m reflector); 31.52, 12: (Morris).


1986 November 3                (4267)              Brian G. Marsden

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