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IAUC 1417: 1953e

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                                                 Circulaire No. 1417
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 HARRINGTON (1953e)
     A radiogram from the Harvard Observatory announces
that Harrington, Palomar Observatory, working at the
NGS-Palomar sky survey has discovered a comet in the following
position:

     1953 UT             R.A. (1953) Decl.      Mag.
     Aug. 14  9h57.0m    23 41.4   -10 47        15

           Daily motion: +2s, -16'.

     Object diffuse with condensation and a tail < 1o.


1953 August 18                 (1417)            Julie M. Vinter Hansen

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