THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No ... 1994 Feb 27 11.32UT
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PERIODIC COMET WILD 3 (1994b)
J. V. Scotti and T. Gehrels, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, report
that they have recovered this comet with the 0.9-m Spacewatch
Telescope at Kitt Peak, as shown below. On Feb. 10, there was a
coma 12" across and tail 0'.29 long in p.a. 292 deg (m2 = 22.3).
The indicated correction to the prediction on MPC 18258 (ephemeris
on MPC 23139) is Delta(T) = +0.03 day.
1994 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. m1
Feb. 10.49233 15 11 48.72 - 4 00 10.9
10.49730 15 11 48.96 - 4 00 12.0 20.7
10.50515 15 11 49.55 - 4 00 12.7 21.2
10.51078 15 11 49.78 - 4 00 13.7
10.51564 15 11 50.14 - 4 00 15.0
13.50508 15 14 53.30 - 4 09 03.6
13.51935 15 14 54.25 - 4 09 04.7
IAUC 5933
AK CANCRI
Bill Worraker, Didcot, UK reports an outburst of AK Cnc (a star on
the Recurrent Objects Programme). Available observations follow:
1994 Feb 12.931UT, 13.3 (Worraker, 0.26-m refl)
12.947, 13.2 (Gary Poyner, Birmingham, UK 0.40-m refl)
14.473, 13.3 (M.Koshiro, Japan 0.30-m refl)
14.513, 13.3 (M.Iida, Nagano, Japan)
16.81, 14.0 (L.Szentasko, Hungary, 0.334-m T)
DI UMA
Gary Poyner, Birmingham, UK reports an outburst of DI UMa (a star
on the Recurrent Objects Programme). Available observations follow:
1994 Feb 9.845UT, [15.5 (Poyner, 0.40-m refl)
12.822, 15.7 (Poyner)
14.872, 14.7 (Tonny Vanmunster, Belgium)