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IAUC 3222: 1978f; N Ser 1978
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Circular No. 3222
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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COMET MEIER (1978f)
The following precise positions have been reported:
1978 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. m1 Observer
Apr. 28.88438 7 20 27.72 +53 26 39.4 Korhonen
28.89115 7 20 28.23 +53 26 31.9 "
May 2.94377 7 25 04.94 +52 28 03.0 8.5 Sykes
3.29167 7 25 29.38 +52 23 08.9 Helm
3.45764 7 25 40.83 +52 20 43.8 10-10.5 Iwahana
3.46389 7 25 41.61 +52 20 38.4 Tsuchiya
3.49167 7 25 43.69 +52 20 16.6 "
3.91597 7 26 13.91 +52 14 05.8 Korhonen
3.92604 7 26 14.52 +52 13 56.7 "
4.17708 7 26 32.37 +52 10 20.6 Helin
10.14861 7 33 57.50 +50 43 34.4 Giclas
T. Korhonen (Turku Astronomical Observatory, Tuorla Station).
40-cm f/2.5 Vaisala reflector.
D. Sykes (Woolston Observatory). Measurer: R. L. Waterfield.
E. Helin (Palomar Mountain Observatory). 46-cm Schmidt telescope.
Measurer: S. J. Bus.
T. Iwahana (Kawane). 16-cm f/6 reflector. Mean of three exposures.
From Nihondaira Obs. Circ. No. 973.
K. Tsuchiya (Asahikawa). 20-cm f/6 reflector. Measurer: M.
Takeishi. From Nihondaira Obs. Circ. No. 973.
H. L. Giclas (Lowell Observatory). 33-cm photographic telescope.
Measurer: M. L. Kantz.
Total visual magnitude estimates: May 8.21 UT, 10.3 (P. L.
Collins, Mount Hopkins, Arizona, 20-cm reflector); 11.10, 10.3
(C. S. Morris, Harvard College Observatory, 23-cm refractor; tails
3' long in p.a. 0o, 5' in 45o, 3' in 90o); 12.09, 9.8 (Morris,
Prospect Hill Observatory, Harvard, Massachusetts, 20 x 80 binoculars);
14.11, 10.1 (P. Maley, Houston, Texas, 15-cm refractor);
15.12, 10.1 (Maley).
NOVA SERPENTIS 1978
Visual magnitude estimates: Apr. 13.51 UT, 10.7 (J. Morgan,
Prescott, Arizona); 15.07, 10.2 (G. Hurst, Northampton, England);
15.49, 10.3 (Morgan); 17.50, 10.9 (Morgan); 18.47, 10.6 (Morgan).
1978 May 18 (3222) Brian G. Marsden
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