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. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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