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THE ASTRONOMER =
Electronic Circular No 3151 2016 Mar 12 =
17.27UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, =
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COMET 252p/LINEAR =
OUTBURST
Graham Wolf, New =
Zealand reports:
Comet 252p/LINEAR =
(near Beta Columbiae) has had an outburst (yet again), 2016 March 9-11. =
I am now using a 20df Mlim10 AAVSO-VSP Custom Chart for my =
"AC" Comparison Stars.
The following data =
is from Chris Wyatt (Walcha, NSW)... via Yahoogroups/CopmetObs, and =
myself at Lower Hutt. My 0.26-m reflector is now frankly inappropriate =
for this object, and will be "coming down" in optical =
horsepower to 10x50 B, perhaps even 10x25B next week, if this outburst =
continues.
MAR 08.44UT =
Mv 9.2 10.1 arcmin coma DC 2 25cm L 38x =
WYATT
09.42 7.4 24 =
DC 3 10 x 70B =
WOLF
09.49 7.5 24 =
DC 3 10 x 50B =
WYATT
10.42 7.2 30 =
DC 2 10 x 70B =
WOLF
11.42 6.9 36 =
DC 2 10 x 70B =
WOLF
11.46 7.0 33 =
DC 2 10 x 50B =
WYATT
Guy M =
Hurst