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IAUC 6218: C/1995 Q2

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                                                  Circular No. 6218
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 C/1995 Q2 (HARTLEY-DRINKWATER)
     The following precise positions (all CCD) have been reported:

     1995 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.        m1    Observer
     Aug. 30.86522   22 08 11.84   -25 10 05.1          Ghezzi
          30.87153   22 08 08.46   -25 10 16.9            "
          31.00983   22 06 54.83   -25 14 10.8          Cartwright
          31.02112   22 06 48.78   -25 14 30.5            "
          31.03020   22 06 43.95   -25 14 45.6            "
          31.14036   22 05 45.79   -25 17 49.4   16.2   di Cicco
          31.14729   22 05 42.03   -25 18 00.3   16.0     "
          31.15424   22 05 38.33   -25 18 11.6   16.3     "
          31.16118   22 05 34.65   -25 18 23.7   16.1     "
          31.21146   22 05 08.42   -25 19 45.9   15.9   Rogers
          31.22778   22 04 59.67   -25 20 12.9            "
          31.24167   22 04 52.27   -25 20 35.8            "
          31.26319   22 04 40.78   -25 21 11.0            "
          31.29447   22 04 24.04   -25 22 02.1          Balam
          31.29840   22 04 22.08   -25 22 08.9            "
          31.30031   22 04 21.06   -25 22 12.5            "
          31.58715   22 01 49.42   -25 29 53.7          Nakamura
          31.59219   22 01 46.84   -25 30 02.0            "
          31.61753   22 01 33.35   -25 30 41.8            "
          31.62135   22 01 31.37   -25 30 47.8            "
          31.90769   21 59 00.91   -25 38 14.4          Sicoli
          31.91237   21 58 58.50   -25 38 21.2            "
     Sept. 1.21319   21 56 20.87   -25 45 54.9            "
           1.24444   21 56 04.51   -25 46 40.4            "

P. Ghezzi, P. Sicoli and F. Manca (Sormano).  0.5-m reflector.
M. Cartwright and A. Fitzsimmons (La Palma).  1-m Kapteyn telescope.
   R = 13.5 within 6"-radius aperture.  Coma elongated in p.a. 60 deg.
D. di Cicco (Sudbury).  0.41-m reflector.
J. E. Rogers (Camarillo).  0.25-m Schmidt-Cassegrain.
D. D. Balam (Climenhaga Observatory).  0.5-m reflector.
A. Nakamura (Kuma Kogen).  0.6-m reflector.  Communicated by S. Nakano.

     Parabolic orbital elements from 39 observations Aug. 29-Sept. 1:

     T = 1995 July 31.966 TT          Peri. = 312.640
                                      Node  = 300.445   2000.0
     q = 1.88628 AU                   Incl. = 168.093


1995 September 1               (6218)              Brian G. Marsden

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