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IAUC 7445: SUNGRAZING COMETS; THE EDGAR WILSON AWARD; 2000bs

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                                                  Circular No. 7445
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUNGRAZING COMETS
     D. A. Biesecker, Emergent Information Technologies, Inc., and
Goddard Space Flight Center, reports observations of nine
additional Kreutz sungrazing comets detected by SOHO with the C2
coronagraph, with measurements by D. Hammer (the reductions and
orbital elements by B. G. Marsden appearing on the MPECs specified
below).  Comets C/1998 J3 and C/1998 J4 were discovered by Hammer
in a search of archival data.  The remaining comets were found via
the SOHO website by M. Oates (C/1998 K12, C/1998 K13, C/1998 K14,
C/1998 K15); M. Boschat (C/2000 L4, C/2000 L5, C/2000 M1); M. Meyer
and X. Leprette (C/2000 L4); J. Shanklin (C/2000 L5); and P.
Shrekby (C/2000 M1).

   1998 UT         R.A. (2000) Decl.    MPEC      Comet
   May  4.666     2 50.3&   +14 43    2000-M27   C/1998 J3
        6.227     2 56.3&   +15 09    2000-M28   C/1998 J4
       20.967     3 51.6&   +18 34    2000-M29   C/1998 K12
       21.769     3 51.9&   +18 30    2000-M30   C/1998 K13
       26.424     4 12.7&   +19 31    2000-M31   C/1998 K14
       28.584     4 19.7&   +19 46    2000-M32   C/1998 K15

   2000 UT        R.A. (2000) Decl.     MPEC       Comet
   June 14.576     5 29.0&   +21 32    2000-M33   C/2000 L4
        15.576     5 32.0&   +21 41    2000-M34   C/2000 L5
        17.757     5 42.1&   +21 34    2000-M35   C/2000 M1


THE EDGAR WILSON AWARD
     With reference to IAUC 6936 (and also to IAUC 7223), the
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory wishes to announce that the
2000 Edgar Wilson Award for the discovery of comets by amateur
astronomers is being divided among the following three individuals
or groups:  Daniel W. Lynn, Kinglake West, Victoria, Australia, for
C/1999 N2; Korado Korlevic, Visnjan, Croatia, for P/1999 WJ_7; and
Gary Hug and Graham E. Bell, Eskridge, KS, U.S.A., for P/1999 X1.


SUPERNOVA 2000bs IN UGC 10710
     CCD R magnitude estimates by K. Hornoch, Lelekovice, Czech
Republic:  May 5.954 UT, 17.0; 14.900, 17.2; June 1.957, 17.3;
17.973, 17.2.

                      (C) Copyright 2000 CBAT
2000 June 29                   (7445)            Daniel W. E. Green

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