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IAUC 4696: 1988r; 1988Z; U Gem; AX Per; ERUPTIVE OBJECT IN Crt

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                                                  Circular No. 4696
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 YANAKA (1988r)
     H. Kosai, Japanese National Astronomical Observatory, reports
the possible discovery of a comet by Tetsuo Yanaka.  The following
observations are available:

     1988 UT           R.A. (1950) Decl.        m1       Observer
     Dec. 29.836      16 35.5      + 1 08       9-9.5    Yanaka
          30.552      16 32.1      + 0 38       8.6      Levy

T. Yanaka (Motegi, Tochigi).  0.15-m binoculars, verified with 0.40-m
   reflector (140 x).  Object diffuse with condensation, coma diameter
   about 3'.  Probably moving to northwest [sic].
D. Levy (Tucson, AZ).  0.4-m reflector.  Coma diameter 2', tail 7'
   long in p.a. 290 deg.  Motion suspected but not definite.
   Observation in moonlight.


SUPERNOVA 1988Z IN MCG +03-28-022
     C. Pollas, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, reports that RCA-CCD
photometry obtained on Dec. 16.21 UT by G. Comte with the 2-m telescope at
Pic du Midi Observatory gave B = 16.80, R = 16.10, I = 15.84 (Cousins).


U GEMINORUM
     Visual magnitude estimates: Dec. 16.86 UT, 10.0 (P. Schmeer,
Bischmisheim, West Germany); 16.90, 9.7 (A. Boattini, Florence, Italy);
18.13, 10.5 (Boattini); 18.96, 11.4 (Boattini).


AX PERSEI
     Visual magnitude estimates: Dec. 6.94 UT, 10.5 (A. Pereira, Linda-
a-Velha, Portugal); 16.05, 10.5 (P. Schmeer, Bischmisheim, West
Germany); 17.0, 10.5 (J. Bortle, Stormville, NY); 27.0, 12.2 (Bortle).


ERUPTIVE OBJECT IN CRATER
     Visual magnitude estimates: Dec. 7, [13.5 (J. Toone, Manchester,
England); 25.98 UT, 12.6 (R. Fleet, Harare, Zimbabwe; time corrected
from IAUC 4695); 27.07, 12.7 (Fleet); 27.22, 12.5 (Toone).


1988 December 30               (4696)              Brian G. Marsden

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