THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 179 1988 July 12 20.30UT.
Telecom Gold 72:MAG60138
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16, Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP, England. Telephone:(0256)471074.Int:+44256471074
Telex:265871(MONREF G) Quote"72:MAG60138 ATT G.HURST"in FIRST line.
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P/COMET CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO (1988i)
J.Gibson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and H.Pedersen, ESO, report
their independent recoveries of this comet using the 1.52-m Palomar
and 2.2-m La Silla telescopes, respectively on Jul 6. The comet was
stellar and Gibson estimates it at mag 20 with a Gunn r filter. The
comet is close to predictions.                   IAUC 4625

V482 CYGNI
Further estimates:
July 5.95, 13.6 (Hurst); 6.02, 13.1 (P.Schmeer, Germany);
9.98, 13.5 (Schmeer); 11.01, 13.5 (Schmeer); 11.91, 13.6 (Hurst).
Detailed comments on the sequence would be welcomed.

AS 296
Further to the announcements on E-177 & 178, P.Schmeer, Germany has
e-mailed the following visual estimates:
July 10.01, 10.1; 11.00, 10.0.
M.Mobberley reports that he did not record this object on nova
patrol photographs up to June 13 with an approximate limit of 11.0.

Guy M Hurst