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IAUC 3019: Poss. COMET; 1976c; VV Cep

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                                                  Circular No. 3019
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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POSSIBLE COMET
     R. D. Eberst, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, writes that the
trail of a comet has been found by I. Coulson, University of Edinburgh,
and himself on a 60-min exposure by S. Tritton with the U.K.
122-cm Schmidt telescope at Siding Spring as follows:

     1976 UT          R. A. (1950) Decl.       m1
     Oct. 16.583     23 44.4     -12 30      ~17

Daily motion: dR.A. = -0m.54, dDecl. = -8'; the sense of motion is not
completely certain, but the eastern (i.e., beginning) end of the trail
is denser than the western.  The object is diffuse with condensation
and a possible tail extending perhaps 0'.3 just north of east.


COMET SCHUSTER (1976c)
     The following precise positions were obtained by P. M.
Kilmartin with the 61-cm reflector at Mount John University
Observatory.  The images of the comet were very faint.

     1976 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.
     July 28.30049     9 57 03.60   -35 31 51.9
          28.34789     9 57 04.44   -35 31 54.8

     Extension of the ephemeris on IAUC 2958:

     1977/78 ET  R. A. (1950) Decl.     Delta     r      m2
     Feb.  6     9 15.06    -51 04.4    7.979   8.415   18.3
          16     9 04.18    -50 54.4
          26     8 53.75    -50 29.4    7.997   8.487   18.3
     Mar.  8     8 44.18    -49 51.3
          18     8 35.78    -49 02.5    8.094   8.560   18.4
          28     8 28.74    -48 06.2
     Apr.  7     8 23.13    -47 05.4    8.262   8.634   18.4
          17     8 18.93    -46 03.1
          27     8 16.09    -45 02.0    8.484   8.709   18.5
     May   7     8 14.46    -44 04.3
          17     8 13.91    -43 11.9    8.736   8.785   18.6
          27     8 14.29    -42 26.1
     June  6     8 15.45    -41 48.0    8.992   8.862   18.7
          16     8 17.23    -41 18.2
          26     8 19.51    -40 57.0    9.230   8.940   18.8
     July  6     8 22.14    -40 44.8
          16     8 25.01    -40 41.5    9.433   9.018   18.9
          26     8 28.00    -40 46.9
     Aug.  5     8 30.98    -41 00.9    9.586   9.098   19.0
          15     8 33.85    -41 23.1
          25     8 36.50    -41 53.0    9.683   9.178   19.1
     Sept. 4     8 38.79    -42 30.0
          14     8 40.63    -43 13.5    9.723   9.258   19.1
          24     8 41.88    -44 02.7
     Oct.  4     8 42.42    -44 56.5    9.711   9.340   19.1
          14     8 42.12    -45 53.7
          24     8 40.87    -46 53.1    9.659   9.422   19.2
     Nov.  3     8 38.55    -47 52.8
          13     8 35.07    -48 51.2    9.585   9.504   19.2
          23     8 30.37    -49 46.1
     Dec.  3     8 24.45    -50 35.4    9.509   9.587   19.2
          13     8 17.38    -51 16.7
          23     8 09.30    -51 48.1    9.455   9.671   19.2
     Jan   2     8 00.47    -52 07.8
          12     7 51.18    -52 14.7    9.441   9.755   19.3
          22     7 41.80    -52 08.0
     Feb.  1     7 32.71    -51 48.4    9.483   9.840   19.3
          11     7 24.26    -51 16.7
          21     7 16.71    -50 34.7    9.585   9.925   19.4
     Mar.  3     7 10.26    -49 44.6
          13     7 05.02    -48 48.8    9.742   10.011  19.4
          23     7 01.02    -47 49.8
     Apr.  2     6 58.22    -46 49.9    9.943   10.097  19.5
          12     6 56.53    -45 51.1
          22     6 55.86    -44 55.3   10.169   10.184  19.6


VV CEPHEI
     Further photoelectric observations have been reported:

   1976 UT      B     U    Observer   1976 UT      B     U    Observer
   Oct. 27.15  6.99        Skillman   Nov. 30.02  7.09        Skillman
        29.08  7.03          "             30.07  7.00  8.43  Gradie
   Nov.  2.10  7.01          "        Dec.  1.31  7.00  8.42    "
         9.04  7.00          "              2.11  7.03  8.49    "
        11.05  7.03          "              4.15  7.00  8.48    "
        16.08  7.11          "              5.02  7.09        Skillman
        24.01  7.16          "             13.99  7.13
        26.07  7.05  8.37  Gradie          17.99  7.14          "
        28.17  7.07  8.46    "

D. Skillman (College Park, Maryland).  Comparison star 20 Cep
   determined at B = 6.70.  Uncertainty +/- 0.02 magnitude.
J. Gradie (Lunar and Planetary Laboratory).  On Nov. 30.07 V = 5.21.
   Comparison star 20 Cep.  Uncertainty +/- 0.02 magnitude.


1976 December 23               (3019)              Brian G. Marsden

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