Circular No. 5508 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@CFA or GREEN@CFA (.SPAN, .BITNET or .HARVARD.EDU) 1992 HE R. H. McNaught, Anglo-Australian Observatory, reports his discovery of a fast-moving asteroidal object on a U.K. Schmidt plate taken by M. Hartley. Further images were obtained by McNaught and D. I. Steel with the Uppsala Southern Schmidt telescope. Measurements by McNaught: 1992 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. V Observer Apr. 25.60442 16 16 33.81 -70 06 21.4 15 Hartley 25.63400 16 16 34.74 -70 10 56.8 " 27.42003 16 18 56.96 -74 46 33.7 McNaught 28.60275 16 20 59.27 -77 47 49.6 Steel 29.58889 16 23 28.65 -80 16 37.2 " 29.59896 16 23 30.31 -80 18 10.1 " Preliminary orbital elements by G. V. Williams: T = 1992 June 24.335 TT Peri. = 266.274 e = 0.51326 Node = 26.586 2000.0 q = 0.94225 AU Incl. = 35.333 a = 1.93585 AU n = 0.365929 P = 2.69 years 1992 TT R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V Apr. 28 16 19.8 -76 15.5 0.304 1.173 116.1 50.5 15.1 29 16 21.8 -78 47.6 0.305 1.166 114.2 52.0 15.2 30 16 24.7 -81 17.6 0.306 1.159 112.4 53.5 15.2 May 1 16 29.6 -83 44.9 0.308 1.153 110.6 54.9 15.3 2 16 40 -86 08.8 0.311 1.146 108.7 56.4 15.3 3 17 19 -88 27.5 0.314 1.140 106.9 57.8 15.4 4 2 23 -89 05.1 0.317 1.133 105.1 59.2 15.4 5 3 43 -86 56.5 0.321 1.127 103.3 60.6 15.5 6 3 56.4 -84 48.3 0.326 1.121 101.6 61.9 15.5 7 4 02.1 -82 44.0 0.330 1.114 99.9 63.2 15.6 8 4 05.3 -80 43.9 0.335 1.108 98.2 64.4 15.6 SUPERNOVA 1992V IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY Corrigendum. On IAUC 5507, lines 4-5, for 9".7 west and 8".5 south read 9".7 east and 8".5 north 1992 April 30 (5508) Daniel W. E. Green
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