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IAUC 4004: 1984s; 1984r; N Vul 1984; TT Ari; NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS

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                                                  Circular No. 4004
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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COMET SHOEMAKER (1984s)
     Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker report that they have discovered
yet another comet on exposures with the 0.46-m Palomar Schmidt.
The object is diffuse with a strong condensation; no tail.

      1984 UT             R.A.   (1950.0)    Decl.      m1

      Oct. 25.37708      1 57 01.21     +18 59 50.0     12
           26.29097      1 57 05.59     +18 42 17.0


COMET SHOEMAKER (1984r)
     The following precise position was measured by E. Bowell,
Lowell Observatory, from an exposure by B. A. Skiff with the
0.33-m photographic telescope at the Anderson Mesa Station.  The
comet's image is diffuse and uncondensed.

     1984 UT             R.A.   (1950.0)    Decl.       m1

     Nov.  1.31319      3 12 43.02     +17 44 47.9     16.2

The orbit of this comet continues to be basically indeterminate.


NOVA VULPECULAE 1984
     Visual magnitude estimates: Oct. 11.41 UT, 8.8 (R. McNaught,
Coonabarabran, NSW); 14.41, 8.9 (McNaught); 16.04, 9.2 (P. Maley,
Houston, TX); 18.08, 9.1 (Maley); 20.04, 9.2 (Maley); 25.15, 9.3
(Maley); 27.15, 9.1 (Maley); 29.02, 9.1 (Maley)


TT ARIETIS
     Visual magnitude estimates: Sept. 1.50 UT, [15.5 (J. Bortle,
Stormville, NY); 2, 15.3 (M. Verdenet, Bourbon-Lancy, France); 22,
13.6 (Verdenet); 29, 13.8 (Verdenet); Oct. 6.50, 13.5 (Bortle);
16.06, 13.2 (Bortle); 17.06, 13.1 (Bortle).


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1984 November 2                (4004)              Brian G. Marsden

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