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IAUC 4569: N LMC; 1988a

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                                                  Circular No. 4569
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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NOVA IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD
     R. H. McNaught, Siding Spring Observatory, provides the following
precise position of the nova in the LMC (cf. IAUC 4568) from
an exposure with the Uppsala Southern Schmidt telescope (rms 0".7):
R.A. = 5h36m01.92, Decl. = -70 23'15.2 (equinox 1950.0).  The nova lies
0'.8 east and 2'.2 south of HV 12328, and 5'.0 west and 0'.4 north of
HV 12330.  Visual magnitude estimates:  Mar. 22.79 UT, 11.9:
(McNaught); 23.43, 11.2 (B. Tregaskis, Mt. Eliza, Victoria; not
Elisa, as given on IAUC 4568).


COMET LILLER (1988a)
     Improved orbital elements from MPC 12953:

                      Epoch 1988 Mar. 20.0 ET
         T = 1988 Mar. 31.1140 ET    Peri. =  57.3798
         e =   0.996593              Node  =  30.8175   1950.0
         q =   0.841385 AU           i     =  73.3175

     1988 ET      R.A. (1950) Decl.     Delta      r       m1
     Mar. 20     0 34.02    +23 08.4    1.657    0.867     7.0
          25     0 39.39    +27 38.3
          30     0 45.50    +32 19.0    1.564    0.842     6.7
     Apr.  4     0 52.68    +37 11.5
           9     1 01.47    +42 17.2    1.458    0.858     6.7
          14     1 12.70    +47 36.8
          19     1 27.71    +53 10.2    1.353    0.912     6.8
          24     1 48.84    +58 54.1
          29     2 20.52    +64 38.7    1.267    0.996     7.0
     May   4     3 11.27    +69 59.8
           9     4 34.5     +74 01.5    1.220    1.100     7.3
          14     6 30.5     +75 09.6
          19     8 17.5     +72 41.1    1.228    1.218     7.8
          24     9 28.00    +67 53.7
          29    10 11.42    +62 13.1    1.298    1.344     8.3
     June  3    10 39.84    +56 24.2
           8    10 59.96    +50 48.0    1.425    1.473     9.0

     Further total visual magnitude estimates:  Mar. 19.78 UT, 6.6
(R. Haver, Rome, Italy, 15x80 binoculars); 20.11, 7.4: (A. Hale,
Las Cruces, NM, 0.41-m reflector).


1988 March 23                  (4569)            Daniel W. E. Green

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