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IAUC 6188: 1995 O1

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                                                  Circular No. 6188
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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COMET 1995 O1
     The following precise positions have been reported:

     1995 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.        m1    Observer
     July 24.45582   18 43 12.72   -32 08 39.5          Garradd
          24.46032   18 43 12.50   -32 08 39.5            "
          24.46243   18 43 12.43   -32 08 39.9            "
          24.54746   18 43 08.80   -32 08 32.6          Yoshida
          24.54914   18 43 08.72   -32 08 33.1          Kojima
          24.55007   18 43 08.67   -32 08 32.9          Kobayashi
          24.55363   18 43 08.51   -32 08 32.0          Kojima
          24.55410   18 43 08.46   -32 08 32.2   11     Kushida
          24.55858   18 43 08.34   -32 08 30.4          Kojima
          24.56441   18 43 08.02   -32 08 30.3          Kushida
          24.56688   18 43 07.92   -32 08 31.9          Kobayashi
          24.57585   18 43 07.58   -32 08 30.6          Yoshida
          24.58288   18 43 07.23   -32 08 30.1          Kobayashi
          24.58478   18 43 07.14   -32 08 31.0   12.0   Yoshida

G. J. Garradd (Loomberah, N.S.W.).  0.25-m f/4.1 reflector + CCD.
  5-sec exposures show coma diameter 1' and slight elongation to
  the north.
S. Yoshida (Wakayama).  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector +
  CCD.  Communicated by S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan.
T. Kojima (YGCO Chiyoda Observatory).  0.25-m f/6.0 reflector + CCD.
  Comet has some condensation and seems extended toward the north;
  m1 = 11.5-12.0.  Communicated by Nakano.
T. Kobayashi (Oizumi).  0.25-m f/4.4 reflector + CCD.  Communicated
  by Nakano.
R. Kushida and Y. Kushida (Yatsugatake South Base Observatory).
  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector + CCD.  Tail 43" long
  in p.a. 5 deg.  Communicated by Nakano.

     Total-visual-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates:  July
24.164 UT, m1 = 11.0, 1' (A. Hale, Cloudcroft, NM, 0.41-m reflector);
24.28, 10.6, 1'.7 (C. S. Morris, Pine Mountain Club, CA, 0.26-m
reflector; possible tail visible to the north).


1995 July 24                   (6188)            Daniel W. E. Green

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