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IAUC 6769: 1997 V1

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                                                 Circular No. 6769
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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COMET 1997 V1
     Selected precise CCD positions (Japanese data via S. Nakano):

     1997 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.        m1    Observer
     Nov.  3.98091    0 14 02.88   +12 24 15.6   16.3   Pravec
           3.99981    0 14 02.65   +12 24 08.7            "
           4.04208    0 14 02.08   +12 23 54.1          Kidger
           4.07030    0 14 01.76   +12 23 44.0            "
           4.42198    0 13 58.04   +12 21 32.7          Sugie
           4.42545    0 13 58.00   +12 21 31.7            "
           4.50839    0 13 56.95   +12 21 01.0   15.8   Asami
           4.52171    0 13 56.80   +12 20 55.9            "
           4.57911    0 13 56.18   +12 20 33.8   16.9   Zhou
           4.58692    0 13 56.05   +12 20 31.3   16.9     "
           4.69663    0 13 55.04   +12 19 50.6   16.2   Moravec
           4.91946    0 13 52.45   +12 18 28.4            "
           4.95806    0 13 52.03   +12 18 14.0          Pravec
           4.99853    0 13 51.56   +12 17 58.9            "
           5.18395    0 13 49.74   +12 16 51.7   16.3   Offutt
           5.19736    0 13 49.58   +12 16 46.8   16.4     "
           5.43271    0 13 47.30   +12 15 20.7   16.3   Sugie
           5.43965    0 13 47.21   +12 15 18.3            "
           5.44459    0 13 47.09   +12 15 15.1          Kojima
           5.47552    0 13 46.82   +12 15 05.6   16.6   Nakamura
           5.48802    0 13 46.69   +12 15 00.9            "
           5.50706    0 13 46.31   +12 14 52.9   16.5   Kojima

P. Pravec and L. Sarounova (Ondrejov).  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector.  On
  Nov. 3.98, nearly-stellar appearance, faint 15" tail in p.a. 260
  deg, m_2 = 17.1.
M. Kidger (Teide).  Measurer R. Casas.  0.8-m f/11 reflector.
A. Sugie (Dynic Astronomical Obs.).  0.60-m reflector.  Short
   westward tail.
A. Asami (Hadano).  0.28-m f/5.0 reflector.
X. Zhou, J. Zhu, and X. Y. Li (Xinglong).  0.60-m Schmidt telescope.
Z. Moravec and M. Tichy (Klet).  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector.  Measurer
   Tichy.
W. Offutt (Cloudcroft).  0.60-m f/7 Ritchey-Chretien reflector.
  Broad, not-well-defined tail extending 20" in p.a. 245 deg.
T. Kojima (Chiyoda).  0.25-m f/6.0 reflector.
A. Nakamura (Kuma).  0.60-m f/6.0 Ritchey-Chretien reflector.

                      (C) Copyright 1997 CBAT
1997 November 5                (6769)            Daniel W. E. Green

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