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IAUC 4290: 1986 WA; N IN SMC; N Cen 1986

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                                                  Circular No. 4290
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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1986 WA
     J. Gibson provides the following precise positions, obtained
by him with the 1.5-m reflector and CCD at Palomar:

         1986 UT               R.A. (1950) Decl.
         Dec. 21.26944       1 24 06.10      + 5 08 13.3
              21.27453       1 24 06.70      + 5 08 10.9

     Orbital elements from 11 observations Nov. 30-Dec. 21:

          T = 1986 Sept. 19.138 ET
          W =  49.362                    e =   0.70103
          O = 235.162   1950.0           a =   1.50365 AU
          i =  29.296                    n =   0.534542
          q =   0.44955 AU               P =   1.84 years

     1986/87 ET   R.A. (1950) Decl.     Delta      r       V
     Dec. 16     1 12.80    + 5 51.5    0.719    1.450    17.4
          26     1 33.25    + 4 44.2
     Jan.  5     1 50.65    + 4 25.0    1.103    1.641    18.6
          15     2 06.60    + 4 33.8
          25     2 21.83    + 4 59.3    1.502    1.808    19.4
     Feb.  4     2 36.77    + 5 34.7
          14     2 51.62    + 6 15.4    1.899    1.955    20.0


NOVA IN SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD
     R. H. McNaught, Siding Spring Observatory, informs us that
the positional data concerning the nova and the nearby star were
reversed on IAUC 4283.  The nova is located at  R.A. = 0h34m51s.20, Decl. =
-72 21'11".8 (equinox 1950.0).  It was at mag about 16 on Dec. 15 and
20.  Searches by McNaught and A. Good of U.K. Schmidt plates taken
on Oct. 1.6 UT and earlier show no star in the position of the
nova brighter than mag 21.5.  The name of the codiscoverer should
read G. Garrod.


NOVA CENTAURI 1986
     Further visual magnitude estimates: Dec. 14.06 UT, 5.5 (J.
Campos, Durban, R.S.A.); 16.04, 5.8 (Campos); 18.07, 5.8 (Campos);
22.70, 6.3 (R. H. McNaught, Coonabarabran, N.S.W.); 25.75, 6.7
(McNaught); 27.68, 6.7 (McNaught); 29.75, 6.8 (McNaught).


1986 December 30               (4290)              Brian G. Marsden

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