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IAUC 4193: 1986b; SW UMa; 1985q

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                                                  Circular No. 4193
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 SHOEMAKER (1986b)
     C. and E. Shoemaker provide the following precise positions of
observations made at Palomar (cf. IAUC 4191):

           1986 UT            R.A.   (1950.0)   Decl.

           Mar.  4.33246     12 14 28.47     +23 47 02.7
                 8.24895     12 04 24.15     +24 45 37.0
                 8.46822     12 03 49.50     +24 48 45.5
                 9.37899     12 01 26.00     +25 01 46.6

     Parabolic orbital elements by the undersigned, based on the
four available observations:

         T = 1986 Feb. 27.93 ET  Peri. = 120.71
                                 Node  = 293.56   1950.0
         q =   3.6079 AU         Incl. = 159.91

     1986 ET     R.A. (1950.0) Decl.      p        r       m1

     Mar.  1    12 22.73    +22 54.6    2.702    3.608    15.7
           6    12 10.23    +24 12.4
          11    11 57.14    +25 24.3    2.674    3.609    15.7
          16    11 43.70    +26 28.3
          21    11 30.17    +27 23.0    2.703    3.613    15.7
          26    11 16.82    +28 07.6
          31    11 03.89    +28 41.9    2.789    3.619    15.8
     Apr.  5    10 51.60    +29 06.2
          10    10 40.12    +29 21.2    2.921    3.627    15.9
          15    10 29.57    +29 28.1
          20    10 20.02    +29 27.9    3.091    3.637    16.1


SW URSAE MAJORIS
     J. A. Mattei, AAVSO, reports the following visual magnitude
estimates (cf. IAUC 4188):  Mar. 5.81 UT, 10.3 (K. Medway,
Southampton, England); 6.25, 10.7 (J. McKenna, Upper Montclaire, NJ);
8.06, 10.0 (R. Ariail, Columbia, SC).


PERIODIC COMET WIRTANEN (1985q)
     Further total visual magnitude estimates:  Mar. 1.02 UT, 10.3
(J. E. Bortle, Stormville, NY, 0.32-m reflector); Mar. 4.08, 9.2
(R. Keen, Mt. Thorodin, CO, 0.32-m reflector).


1986 March 12                  (4193)            Daniel W. E. Green

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