THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 474 1991 Jan 8 22.58UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP, England. Telephone: (0256)471074 Int:+44256471074
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COMET BREWINGTON (1991a)
Howard J. Brewington reports his discovery of a comet, as indicated
below:
1991 UT R.A. (1950) Decl. m1 Observer
Jan. 7.18 0 05.9 - 6 17 9.8 Brewington
7.24 0 02.5 - 6 40 9.3 Hale
H. J. Brewington (near Cloudcroft, NM). 0.41-m reflector. Object
diffuse but strongly condensed.
A. Hale (Kitt Peak, AZ). 0.20-m reflector.
IAUC 5155
COMET ARAI (1991b)
H. Kosai, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, telexes the
photographic discovery of a new comet by Masaru Arai, as shown
below:
1991 UT R.A. (1950) Decl. m1 Observer
Jan. 5.634 8 54.5 +12 10 12 Arai
6.61840 8 52 15.09 +14 17 17.2 "
6.62708 8 52 13.84 +14 18 28.3 "
7.50659 8 50 07.38 +16 14 47.0 10 McNaught
7.66690 8 49 42.75 +16 36 04.5 "
M. Arai (Yorii). Measured by Kosai (assisted by G. Sasaki). The
Jan. 5 film, taken with a 0.16-m reflector, is overexposed and the
image is near the edge of the frame. The Jan. 6 exposures were
taken with a 0.30-m hyperboloid astrocamera. Comet diffuse with
central condensation.
R. H. McNaught (Siding Spring). Uppsala Southern Schmidt telescope.
Comet strongly condensed; 2' coma.
IAUC 5157
UV PER Erratum
On line 3 of the report on UV Per appearing in E472, the negative
observation was made on 1990 Dec 30.971 and not 13.951UT.
Guy M Hurst