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IAUC 3499: COMET UNCONFIRMED; 1980j; 1980 PA; NOTICE RE Tlgms

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                                                  Circular No. 3499
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
TWX 710-320-6842 ASTROGRAM CAM     Telephone 617-864-5758


COMET UNCONFIRMED
     Yu. V. Pskovskij, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow,
informs us that the first observer of the comet whose discovery was
claimed on IAUC 3498 should be Chernis, not Chernykh.  Other
observers have failed to confirm the comet.


PERIODIC COMET KOHOUTEK (1980j)
     H.-E. Schuster, European Southern Observatory, reports the
recovery of this comet as follows:

     1981 UT          R. A. (1950) Decl.      m1
     Aug.  6.27292   23 29.07    + 4 32.6     19
           7.31562   23 28.74    + 4 34.0

The indicated correction to the prediction by S. W. Milbourn (B.A.A.
Hdbk. 1980; MPC 5325) is Delta-T = -0.68 day.


1980 PA
     Schuster adds that the recovery plates for P/Kohoutek also
show a fast-moving asteroidal object, as follows:

     1980 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.        Mag.
     Aug.  6.27292    23 27 32.4    + 4 48 26      17
           7.31562    23 30 17.9    + 5 19 49


NOTICE CONCERNING TELEGRAMS
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Some expense is involved in making these changes, and
our practice has been to amend the lists twice a year.  The closing
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service as regards making changes.  If a sudden address change
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in specific instances, and we shall act accordingly.


1980 August 8                  (3499)              Brian G. Marsden

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