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Circular No. 3808
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 IRAS-ARAKI-ALCOCK (1983d)
Further precise positions have been reported as follows:
1983 UT R.A. (1950.0) Decl. Observer
Apr. 20.70278 19 07 48.9 +47 30 00 Kumamori
May 6.24549 18 41 20.55 +56 33 02.1 Douglass
9.83584 15 54 17.70 +72 54 22.8 Milet
9.88824 15 42 53.02 +73 13 25.9 "
9.90805 15 38 17.17 +73 20 00.1 Stattmayer
9.91086 15 37 38.23 +73 20 52.7 "
9.92009 15 35 30.26 +73 23 31.8 Manning
9.93264 15 32 26.06 +73 27 50.4 Stattmayer
10.44748 12 52 27.30 +72 54 50.5 Skiff
10.85422 10 54 49.72 +65 14 48.7 Fabricius
10.86092 10 53 21.96 +65 04 07.0 Milet
10.86181 10 53 06.35 +65 02 05.1 Fabricius
10.91771 10 40 56.73 +63 23 52.0 "
10.96042 10 32 21.43 +62 04 04.9 "
11.11667 10 05 24.83 +56 44 10.4 Douglass
11.14792 10 00 40.20 +55 33 58.2 "
11.88261 8 53 09.18 +24 45 35.6 McNaught
11.88298 8 53 07.79 +24 44 41.3 "
11.88461 8 53 00.54 +24 40 37.5 Stattmayer
11.88527 8 52 58.18 +24 39 00.7 "
12.14601 8 40 15.91 +14 48 07.8 Skiff
12.33706 8 32 52.14 + 8 36 54.0 Gilmore
12.33996 8 32 45.76 + 8 31 30.0 "
T. Kumamori (Muro, Nara). Prediscovery observation. Long. 136.00 deg
east, lat. 34.57 deg north, height 400 m. Measurer: H. Kosai.
G. Douglass (U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington). 0.20-m
astrograph. Measurer: R. S. Harrington.
B. Milet (Nice Observatory).
P. Stattmayer (Herrsching). Long. 11deg11'39" east, 47deg59'38"
north, height 585 m. Measurer: R. M. West.
B. Manning (Stakenbridge). 0.26-m reflector.
B. A. Skiff (Lowell Observatory, Anderson Mesa Station). 0.33-m
photographic telescope. Measurer: C. Shoemaker.
J. Fabricius (Skalnate Pleso Observatory). Measurer: J. Svoren.
R. McNaught (Royal Greenwich Observatory). Long. 0.348 deg east, lat.
50.869 deg north, height 36 m (incorrectly given on IAUC 3804).
A. C. Gilmore and P. M. Kilmartin (Mt. John Observatory).
1983 May 13 (3808) Brian G. Marsden
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