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IAUC 3264: 1978 RA; 1978k; N Cyg 1978

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                                                  Circular No. 3264
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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1978 RA
     Eleanor Helin, California Institute of Technology, reports the
discovery of a fast-moving asteroidal object. Available positions:

     1978 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.       Mag.   Observer
     Sept.10.39653    23 16.8       + 0 52       11-12   Helin
          11.17674    23 13.0       - 0 21                 "
          11.31388    23 l2 20.06   - 0 36                 "
          11.31667    23 12         - 0 33 29.5          Giclas
          11.39653    23 11.9       - 0 40               Helin
          11.48403    23 11.5       - 0 50                 "
          12.26191    23 01 43      - 2 02.8             Bowell
          12.32361    23 01 25      - 2 08.6               "
          12.39366    23 01 03      - 2 15.1               "

E. Helin, R. Weeks, J. Faulkner and S. J. Bus (Palomar Mountain
   Observatory).  46-cm Schmidt telescope.
H. L. Giclas (Lowell Observatory).  33-cm photographic telescope.
   Near edge of plate; somewhat uncertain.  Measurer: M. L. Kantz.
E. Bowell (Lowell Observatory).  183-cm reflector.  Observations
   during Sept. 12.23-12.43 UT yield mean V = 13.23, B-V = +0.71,
   U-B = +0.31.  Observed range in V was ~ 0.1 magnitude.  There
   were no significant variations in color.


COMET GICLAS (1978k)
     Henry L. Giclas, Lowell Observatory, reports that he has
discovered a comet as follows:

     1978 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.         m1
     Sept. 8.30208     0 08 14.0    - 8 59 48      15.6

Daily motion: dR.A. = -0m.16, dDecl. = -12'.  Object diffuse with
   condensation, possible elongation westward.  Measurer: M. L. Kantz.


NOVA CYGNI 1978
     Visual magnitude estimates: Sept. 10.03, 6.8 (Warren Morrison,
Peterborough, Ontario; independent discovery; telegram delayed in
transit); 12.16, 6.2 (K. Beckman, Washington, Montana; independent
discovery); 12.79, 6.4 (S. Baroni and N. Cavagna, Milan, Italy).


1978 September 13              (3264)              Brian G. Marsden

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