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IAUC 2733: 1974g; 1974f; Obs OF COMETS

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                                                  Circular No. 2733
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 VAN DEN BERGH (1974g)
     The following precise positions have been reported:

     1974 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.        m1    Observer
     Nov. 19.50104     1 30 21.93   +29 48 49.3          Furuta
     Dec.  3.42187     1 27 23.76   +27 40 50.9   18     Seki

T. Furuta (Tokal, Aichi).  30-cm f/5.8 reflector.  Measurer: T.
   Seki.  From Nihondaira Obs. Circ. No. 611.
T. Seki (Kochi Observatory, Geisei Station).


PERIODIC COMET HONDA-MRKOS-PAJDUSAKOVA (1974f)
     The following total visual magnitude estimates have been
reported: Dec. 4.97 UT, 10.4 (J. Bortle, Brooks Observatory, 32-cm
reflector, 55 x); 9.96, 9.9 (Bortle); 13.00, 10.7 (C. Sherrod,
North Little Rock, Arkansas, 15-cm refractor, 60 x); 14.02, 10,8
(Sherrod); 16.01, 9.2 (Sherrod).


OBSERVATIONS OF COMETS
     Dr. Elizabeth Roemer, University of Arizona, provides the
following precise positions of periodic comets Clark (1973 V) and
Gehrels 2 (1973 XI)3 obtained using the Steward Observatory's 229-cm
reflector on Kitt Peak.  G. Reskin, M. Daniel, J. Q. Latta, C.
Coleman, L. M. Vaughn and R. A. McCallister assisted.  Measurers:
R. C. Elliott, C. C. McCarthy and E. Roemer.

     Comet    1973/74 UT          R. A. (1950) Decl.
     1973 V   Sept.22.22037    21 04 33.24   -33 40 26.4
                   22.24537    21 04 34.14   -33 40 09.4
              Oct. 21.17726    21 32 06.68   -27 49 45.4
                   21.20145    21 32 08.33   -27 49 27.5
              Nov. 21.19259    22 12 32.23   -21 18 51.8
     1973 XI  Nov. 19.12784     1 16 24.03   + 8 13 20.7
                   19.13790     1 16 23.94   + 8 13 18.1
              Jan. 19.15561     1 55 05.16   + 9 12 59.3
                   19.20307     1 55 08.58   + 9 13 13.8
              Feb. 25.16979     2 48 58.03   +12 58 20.1


1974 December 18               (2733)              Brian G. Marsden

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