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IAUC 2940: 1975j; 1950 LA

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                                                  Circular No. 2940
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 MORI-SATO-FUJIKAWA (1975j)
     Further precise positions have been reported as follows:

     1975/76 UT          R. A. (1950) Decl.        m1    Observer
     Oct.  6.79236     8 21 50.42   + 2 35 53.6          Suzuki
     Nov.  2.82855     8 38 06.94   -19 08 28.0    9.1     "
           2.83515     8 38 06.99   -19 08 50.6            "
           4.78507     8 38 45.51   -21 11 39.4    8.9     "
           4.80104     8 38 45.98   -21 12 40.8            "
           7.79201     8 39 31.81   -24 29 05.3    8.8     "
           7.79757     8 39 31.94   -24 29 27.8            "
           9.78646     8 39 53.59   -26 45 16.2    8.8     "
          10.80104     8 40 01.00   -27 56 01.5            "
          10.80451     8 40 00.85   -27 56 18.5            "
          11.79271     8 40 06.37   -29 06 11.4            "
          11.79618     8 40 06.49   -29 06 25.2            "
     Feb.  4.44201    23 45 01.28   -68 04 44.4          Herald
           7.46181    23 42 23.68   -67 03 17.1            "
          21.46146    23 36 35.11   -63 09 09.1            "

K. Suzuki (JCPM Oi Station).  Measurer: T. Urata.  From Nihondaira
   Obs. Circ. No. 738.  The Oct. 6 position corrects IAUC 2850.
D. Herald (Kambah, near Canberra).  31-cm reflector.

     The following total visual magnitude estimate is by T. B.
Tregaskis, Mount Eliza, Victoria (15-cm reflector): Mar. 9.79 UT, 9.


1950 LA
     The following positions have been reported:

     1976 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.        Observer
     Feb.  3.34722     9 13.34      -31 46.4       Roemer
           3.39097     9 13.28      -31 46.4         "
     Mar.  1.18160     8 36 40.87   -28 28 51.3    Schuster
           1.20237     8 36 39.56   -28 28 35.6      "

E. Roemer (Lunar and Planetary Laboratory).  154-cm reflector.
H.-E. Schuster (European Southern Observatory).  Beginning of trail
   overlaps star.  Measurer: R. M. West.


1976 April 12                  (2940)              Brian G. Marsden

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