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IAUC 4503: 1987g1; P/SCHWASSMANN-WACHMANN 1; P/ENCKE; 1986k; 1986l; 1987s

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                                                  Circular No. 4503
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
TWX 710-320-6842 ASTROGRAM CAM    Telephone 617-495-7244/7440/7444


COMET SHOEMAKER (1987g1)
     Another comet has been discovered by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker
with the 0.46-m Schmidt telescope at Palomar.  It is diffuse
and uncondensed, and there is a faint tail to the northwest.

          1987 UT           R.A. (1950) Decl.        m1
          Nov. 24.170       0 18.2      - 0 37       17
               26.219       0 18.0      - 1 17
               27.258       0 18.0      - 1 30


PERIODIC COMET SCHWASSMANN-WACHMANN 1
     Total visual magnitude estimate by R. A. Keen, Mt. Thorodin,
CO (0.32-m reflector): Oct. 23.11 UT, 13.0.


PERIODIC COMET ENCKE
     Total visual magnitude estimate by J. Kobayashi, Kumamoto,
Japan (0.31-m reflector): Aug. 17.46 UT, 8.8.


PERIODIC COMET KOHOUTEK (1986k)
     Total visual magnitudes: Nov. 20.47 UT, 13.7 (A. Hale, Las
Cruces, NM, 0.41-m reflector); 27.50, 13.4 (C. S. Morris, near
Mount Wilson, CA, 0.26-m reflector).


COMET WILSON (1986l)
     Total visual magnitude estimates: Nov. 22.46 UT, 10.8 (R.
Keen, Mt. Thorodin, CO, 0.32-m reflector); 25.44, 11.3 (A. Hale,
Las Cruces, NM, 0.41-m reflector); 27.23, 10.4 (J. D. Shanklin,
Cambridge, England, 0.33-m reflector); 27.53, 10.3 (C. S. Morris,
near Mount Wilson, CA, 0.26-m reflector).


COMET BRADFIELD (1987s)
     Total visual magnitude estimates: Nov. 25.10 UT, 5.7 (A.
Hale, Las Cruces, NM, 10 x 50 binoculars; tail 3 deg in p.a. 60 deg);
26.16, 5.3 (C. S. Morris, Lockwood Valley, CA, 20 x 80 binoculars);
26.80, 5.6 (A. Pereira, Linda-A-Velha, Portugal, 9 x 34
binoculars); 27.08, 5.3 (Morris, La Canada, CA).


1987 November 27               (4503)              Brian G. Marsden

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