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IAUC 2767: 1974c; 1974f; SU Tau

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                                                  Circular No. 2767
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Cable Address: SATELLITES, NEWYORK
Western Union: RAPID SATELLITE CAMBMASS


COMET LOVAS (1974c)
     Further precise positions have been reported as follows:

     1975 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.        m2    Observer
     Feb.  8.62339    14 48 44.09   -44 32 42.2          Rea
     Mar. 18.40973    14 56 48.15   -56 32 49.5   15.9   Gilmore
          18.44793    14 56 47.34   -56 33 34.2            "

W. Rea (Mount John University Observatory).  25-cm f/7 astrograph.
   Measurer: Pamela M. Kilmartin.
A. C. Gilmore (Carter Observatory).  41-cm f/13.5 Cassegrain
   reflector.  Strong condensation in a very diffuse coma 30" in
   diameter.  Comet on a star trail on the second exposure.  Measurer:
   Pamela M. Kilmartin.


PERIODIC COMET HONDA-MRKOS-PAJDUSAKOVA (1974f)
     Further precise positions have been reported as follows:

     1975 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.        m1    Observer
     Jan. 19.44942    21 27 18.84   -44 15 02.0          Herald
          20.44635    21 28 02.67   -46 17 04.8   10       "
          21.44757    21 28 38.93   -48 25 23.5            "
          29.46927    21 32 01.87   -68 38 18.6            "
     Feb.  2.50130    21 34 01.85   -80 21 44.4          Rea
           3.47862    21 35 12.51   -83 16 25.9            "

D. Herald (Woden, near Canberra).  31-cm reflector.
W. Rea (Mount John University Observatory).  25-cm f/7 astrograph.
   Comet image trailed and lumpy on Feb. 2, very faint on shorter
   exposure on Feb. 3.  Measurer: Pamela M. Kilmartin.


SU TAURI
     The following selected visual magnitude estimates have been
reported: Feb. 9 UT, 14.6 (G. Comello, Kapteyn Astronomical Laboratory);
15, 14.6 (Comello); 28.0, 13.8 (E. Mayer, Barberton, Ohio);
28, 14.3 (Comello); Mar. 6.10, 13.3 (J. Bortle, Brooks Observatory);
7.10, 13.2 (Bortle); 9.0, 13.4 (Mayer); 10.0, 13.0 (Mayer); 17.86,
12.7 (U. Hopp, Wilhelm Foerster Observatory); 22.83, 12.1 (Hopp).


1975 April 10                  (2767)              Brian G. Marsden

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