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IAUC 5037: 1990g; 1990I

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                                                  Circular No. 5037
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Telephone 617-495-7244/7440/7444 (for emergency use only)
TWX 710-320-6842 ASTROGRAM CAM     EASYLINK 62794505
MARSDEN or GREEN@CFA.BITNET    MARSDEN or GREEN@CFAPS2.SPAN


COMET McNAUGHT-HUGHES (1990g)
     Further precise positions by R. H. McNaught with the Uppsala
Southern Schmidt telescope at Siding Spring:

     1990 UT             R.A. (1950) Decl.
     June 20.63221   17 33 41.34   -65 23 23.1
          21.38729   17 30 06.04   -65 16 42.4
          21.78733   17 28 11.57   -65 12 59.9
          22.39919   17 25 19.13   -65 07 01.7
          22.68414   17 23 57.85   -65 04 10.2
          22.79450   17 23 26.65   -65 03 01.1
          23.44047   17 20 26.13   -64 56 14.9

     Preliminary parabolic orbital elements by B. G. Marsden,
Center for Astrophysics, from 9 observations June 19-23:

     T = 1991 Mar.  6.45 ET           Peri. =  27.31
                                      Node  = 234.52    1950.0
     q = 2.4159 AU                    Incl. = 131.47

     1990 ET      R.A. (1950) Decl.     Delta      r       m1
     June 18    17 46.33    -65 42.8    2.859    3.674    16.9
          23    17 22.49    -65 00.9
          28    16 59.81    -63 58.5    2.789    3.600    16.8
     July  3    16 39.03    -62 37.5
           8    16 20.62    -61 00.9    2.762    3.527    16.7
          13    16 04.73    -59 12.2
          18    15 51.33    -57 15.2    2.776    3.455    16.6
          23    15 40.25    -55 13.3
          28    15 31.24    -53 09.6    2.826    3.384    16.5


SUPERNOVA 1990I IN NGC 4650A
     McNaught also reports the following position of SN 1990I
obtained from films obtained with the Uppsala Southern Schmidt
telescope on June 15 and 19:  R.A. = 12h42m05s.73, Decl. = -40 27'12".5
(equinox 1950.0; accuracy +/- 0".5); offsets from the nucleus are
13".4 east, 44".9 south.


1990 June 25                   (5037)             Daniel W. E. Green

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