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IAUC 3009: 1976k; OBJECT SCHUSTER; 1974c

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                                                  Circular No. 3009
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     Telex: 921428
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COMET LOVAS (1976k)
     B. Szeidl, Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, cables that Miklos
Lovas has discovered a new comet.  Available observations follow:

     1976 UT          R. A. (1950) Decl.     m1     Observer
     Oct. 27.06       9 39.4     +70 25     17      Lovas
     Nov. 19.11       9 26.1     +71 57     17        "
          22.069      9 21.1     +72 06     18.5    McCrosky

M. Lovas (Konkoly Observatory).  Object diffuse with condensation,
   nothing reported about a tail.
R. E. McCrosky and C. Y. Shao (Harvard College Observatory, Agassiz
   Station).  Object diffuse and uncondensed in poor seeing.


OBJECT SCHUSTER
     H.-E. Schuster, European Southern Observatory, La Silla,
reports the discovery of a fast-moving asteroidal object, as follows:

     1976 UT          R. A. (1950) Decl.      Mag.
     Nov. 19.081      2 02 38    -40 52.7    ~13
          19.123      2 02 41    -40 51.4
          20.259      2 03 28    -40 13.1
          21.140      2 04 23    -39 44.4


COMET LOVAS (1974c)
     The following precise positions have been reported:

     1976 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.        Observer
     Aug. 25.26000     0 44 09.77   -22 27 27.9    Shao
          30.33273     0 40 27.72   -22 28 58.0      "
     Sept.20.63333     0 22 55.90   -22 14 48.4    Candy
     Oct. 15.71319     0 03 00.21   -20 59 54.0      "

C. Y. Shao (Harvard College Observatory, Agassiz Station).
M. P. Candy (Perth Observatory, Bickley).  33-cm astrograph.

     E. Roemer, University of Arizona, writes that exposures with
the Steward Observatory's 229-cm reflector on Sept. 19 yielded good
strong images of m2 ~ 18.3 and a trace of tail south of east.


1976 November 22               (3009)              Brian G. Marsden

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