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IAUC 6208: C/1995 Q1

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                                                  Circular No. 6208
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 C/1995 Q1 (BRADFIELD)
     The following precise positions have been reported:

     1995 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.       Observer
     Aug. 18.35949   11 03 18.04   -13 05 09.7   Garradd
          18.36288   11 03 18.50   -13 04 56.8     "
          18.37438   11 03 20.41   -13 04 13.6     "
          18.37569   11 03 20.42   -13 04 08.4     "
          19.35893   11 05 42.40   -12 03 14.4     "
          19.36198   11 05 42.83   -12 03 02.7     "
          19.36469   11 05 43.22   -12 02 51.8     "
          19.98119   11 07 03.8    -11 25 23     Smette
          20.36305   11 07 50.74   -11 02 27.2   Garradd
          20.36522   11 07 51.02   -11 02 20.0     "
          20.36611   11 07 51.13   -11 02 16.7     "

G. J. Garradd (Loomberah, N.S.W.)  0.25-m reflector + CCD.
A. Smette (European Southern Observatory).  New Technology Telescope.

     Parabolic orbital elements from observations Aug. 18-20:

     T = 1995 Aug. 31.356 TT          Peri. = 331.068
                                      Node  = 178.165   2000.0
     q = 0.43873 AU                   Incl. = 147.283

1995 TT     R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong. Phase      m1
Aug. 16    10 56.39    -15 38.5    0.898    0.586   35.0   83.2      5.4
     17    10 59.55    -14 32.2    0.929    0.570   33.8   81.1      5.4
     18    11 02.37    -13 27.9    0.961    0.555   32.5   78.9      5.4
     19    11 04.88    -12 25.4    0.992    0.540   31.2   76.4      5.3
     20    11 07.11    -11 24.4    1.024    0.526   29.9   73.8      5.3
     21    11 09.07    -10 24.6    1.055    0.513   28.6   71.0      5.2
     22    11 10.79    - 9 26.0    1.086    0.500   27.3   68.1      5.2
     23    11 12.28    - 8 28.2    1.116    0.489   26.0   64.9      5.1
     24    11 13.56    - 7 31.1    1.147    0.478   24.6   61.6      5.1
     25    11 14.64    - 6 34.7    1.176    0.468   23.2   58.2      5.1
     26    11 15.53    - 5 38.8    1.205    0.460   21.8   54.6      5.0

     Total visual magnitude estimates: Aug. 18.39 UT, 5.5 (K.
Thalassoudis, Prospect, South Australia, 10 x 70 binoculars); 19.35, 5.4
(D. Seargent, The Entrance, N.S.W., 25 x 100 binoculars); 19.40, 5.5 (A. C.
Beresford, Mrytle Bank, South Australia, 7 x 50 binoculars).


1995 August 20                 (6208)              Brian G. Marsden

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