THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No ... 1994 Feb 27 11.32UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074 TELEX: 9312111261 Answerback: TA G TELECOM GOLD: 10074:MIK2885 GMH at UK.AC.RUTHERFORD.STARLINK.ASTROPHYSICS STARLINK: RLSAC::GMH GMH at UK.AC.CAM.ASTRONOMY.STARLINK STARLINK: CAVAD::GMH ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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)