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IAUC 1231: 1949e; Corr

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                                                 Circulaire No. 1231
BUREAU CENTRAL DES TELEGRAMMES ASTRONOMIQUES.
     UNION ASTRONOMIQUE INTERNATIONALE.
Adresse postale: Bureau Central des telegrammes astronomiques,
         Observatory, Ostervold 3, Copenhagen K, Denmark.
         Address telegraphique: Observatory Copenhagen.


COMET SHAJN (1949e)
     A telegram from Moscou communicates that Mrs.
Pelageja Shajn has found a new comet:

  1949        U.T.     R.A. (1949.0) Decl.    Mag.
  Sept. 18   21h46m1    0  8.6    - 1 27      12
        19   21 38.4    0  8.1    - 1 35

     Object diffuse with condensation, tail < 1 degree.

     Zverev, Moscou, further telegraphs that Martynoff
(Kazan?) confirms the discovery and has observed the comet
as follows:

  1949        U.T.     R.A. (1949.0) Decl.     Mag.
  Sept. 20   20h 0m8   0  7 35.3  - 1 41 42    13

     Object diffuse with condensation; nothing reported
about tail.


CORRECTION
     Circular 1230.  Under Comet Johnson (1949d) 2nd
line: for Circ. 1022 read Circ. 1222.


1949 September 23              (1231)            Julie M. Vinter Hansen

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