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IAUC 6288: C/1996 A1

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                                                  Circular No. 6288
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/1996 A1 (JEDICKE)
     The following precise CCD positions have been reported:

     1996 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.        m1    Observer
     Jan. 16.01936    9 23 33.77   + 7 09 48.5          Pravec
          16.03166    9 23 33.43   + 7 09 48.8            "
          16.03755    9 23 33.29   + 7 09 49.1   17.0     "
          16.04809    9 23 33.02   + 7 09 49.8   16.0   Ticha
          16.05170    9 23 32.89   + 7 09 49.9            "
          16.05418    9 23 32.84   + 7 09 50.1            "
          16.19571    9 23 29.36   + 7 09 55.6   16.7   Offutt
          16.24265    9 23 28.14   + 7 09 57.4            "
          16.29265    9 23 26.80   + 7 09 59.0            "

P. Pravec and L. Sarounova (Ondrejov).  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector.
J. Ticha, M. Tichy and Z. Moravec (Klet).  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector.
W. Offutt (Cloudcroft).  0.60-m f/7 Ritchey-Chretien.  Tail > 2' long.

     Further to the observations on IAUC 6287, J. V. Scotti, Lunar and
Planetary Laboratory, notes that on Jan. 15.28 there was a tail 4'.74 long
in p.a. 293 deg; the comet's nuclear magnitude was 20.3.

     The following parabolic orbital elements, from 15 observations
Jan. 14-16, are extremely uncertain:

     T = 1997 Apr. 17.758 TT          Peri. = 324.878
                                      Node  = 264.410   2000.0
     q = 2.46872 AU                   Incl. =   8.109

1996 TT     R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong. Phase      m1
Jan. 13     9 24.81    + 7 08.3    4.338    5.213  149.9    5.4     16.9
     18     9 22.70    + 7 11.1    4.264    5.174  155.3    4.6     16.8
     23     9 20.38    + 7 15.5    4.197    5.136  160.5    3.7     16.7
     28     9 17.87    + 7 21.3    4.138    5.097  165.5    2.8     16.7
Feb.  2     9 15.24    + 7 28.4    4.086    5.058  169.7    2.0     16.6
      7     9 12.51    + 7 36.7    4.041    5.019  171.8    1.6     16.5
     12     9 09.74    + 7 46.1    4.005    4.981  170.4    1.9     16.5
     17     9 06.97    + 7 56.2    3.976    4.942  166.4    2.7     16.4
     22     9 04.26    + 8 06.9    3.955    4.903  161.5    3.7     16.4
     27     9 01.67    + 8 17.9    3.942    4.865  156.3    4.7     16.3

                      (C) Copyright 1996 CBAT
1996 January 16                (6288)              Brian G. Marsden

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