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                                                  Circular No. 3721
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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COMET AUSTIN (1982g)
     Further astrometric observations, all by A. C. Gilmore and
P. M. Kilmartin at Mt. John University Observatory, extending to
Aug. 2 and the following improved parabolic orbital elements are
taken from the Aug. 4 batch of MPCs:

     T = 1982 Aug. 24.7215 ET         Peri. =  33.8144
                                      Node  = 325.5651  1950.0
     q = 0.647791 AU                  Incl. =  84.4970

     1982 ET     R. A. (1950) Decl.     Delta      r       m1
     Aug.  7     7 06.84    + 2 14.9    0.342    0.748     4.4
           8     7 20.58    + 6 13.1
           9     7 35.31    +10 21.7    0.327    0.728     4.2
          10     7 51.00    +14 34.7
          11     8 07.52    +18 45.2    0.325    0.710     4.1
          12     8 24.70    +22 45.9
          13     8 42.35    +26 30.3    0.338    0.694     4.1
          14     9 00.19    +29 53.3
          15     9 17.96    +32 52.2    0.363    0.680     4.1
          16     9 35.37    +35 25.8
          17     9 52.19    +37 34.9    0.398    0.668     4.3
          18    10 08.20    +39 21.3
          19    10 23.26    +40 47.2    0.442    0.659     4.4
          20    10 37.27    +41 55.5
          21    10 50.19    +42 48.8    0.491    0.653     4.6
          22    11 02.00    +43 29.5
          23    11 12.74    +43 59.7    0.545    0.649     4.8
          24    11 22.46    +44 21.4
          25    11 31.23    +44 36.0    0.601    0.648     5.0
          26    11 39.13    +44 44.8
          27    11 46.21    +44 49.0    0.658    0.650     5.2
          28    11 52.57    +44 49.4
          29    11 58.27    +44 46.6    0.717    0.654     5.4
          30    12 03.39    +44 41.2
          31    12 07.97    +44 33.8    0.776    0.661     5.7
     Sept. 1    12 12.09    +44 24.6
           2    12 15.78    +44 14.1    0.834    0.671     5.9
           3    12 19.11    +44 02.4
           4    12 22.10    +43 49.8    0.892    0.684     6.1

m1 estimate by Gilmore (0.05 refractor): Aug. 2.77 UT, 5.5.


1982 August 5                  (3721)              Brian G. Marsden

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