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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 842       1994 May 23 20.49UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074
INTERNET: GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK  or    GMH at GXVG.AST.CAM.AC.UK
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NOVA SAGITTARII 1994 No. 2
Yukio Sakurai (Mito, Ibaragi, Japan) reports his discovery of a
nova on SG400 patrol films taken with a 300-mm camera lens and
provides the following position:
R.A. = 18h27m28s, Decl. = -17o14'.2 (equinox 1950.0).
Magnitude estimates:  May 16.733 UT, [11.5 (Sakurai); 20.710, 10.8
(Sakurai); 22.603, 11.4 (S. Takahashi, Shiga, Japan; visual);
22.620, 11.6 (M. Watanabe, Toyama, Japan; visual).
IAUC 5993

COMET SHOEMAKER (1994k)
Elements for the comet reported on E841:
T  1994 Jan  30.0870 TT      w  84.12400 )
e  1.00000000                O 110.88000 ) 2000.0
q  1.7748400 A.U.            i  11.28800 )
Source: IAUC 5992    Positions are geocentric

Ephemeris by Hurst using EPH.EXE by N.James:

m = 12.5 + 5.0 log R + 10.0 log r

  Date    R.A. (2000) Dec.     R       r     Elong  Mag.    Motion
          h  m       o  '     (AU)    (AU)     o          "/hr P.A.
1994 May
  23.00  17 17.32  -10 21.7   1.303   2.275  158.5  16.6    25  241
  28.00  17 14.18  -10 47.3   1.325   2.313  163.0  16.8    27  241
1994 June
   2.00  17 10.88  -11 15.0   1.354   2.352  166.7  16.9    28  240
   7.00  17  7.58  -11 44.4   1.388   2.392  168.9  17.0    28  238
  12.00  17  4.40  -12 15.2   1.429   2.432  168.5  17.1    27  235
  17.00  17  1.47  -12 47.0   1.475   2.473  165.8  17.3    26  232
  22.00  16 58.89  -13 19.4   1.528   2.514  162.0  17.4    24  227
  27.00  16 56.72  -13 52.1   1.587   2.556  157.6  17.6    22  221
1994 July
   2.00  16 55.03  -14 24.8   1.651   2.598  153.0  17.7    19  213
   7.00  16 53.84  -14 57.3   1.721   2.641  148.3  17.9    17  203
  12.00  16 53.19  -15 29.3   1.797   2.684  143.7  18.1    16  190
  17.00  16 53.08  -16  0.8   1.877   2.728  139.1  18.2    16  176
  22.00  16 53.51  -16 31.5   1.961   2.771  134.6  18.4    16  162
  27.00  16 54.46  -17  1.3   2.050   2.815  130.2  18.6    17  150

Guy M Hurst







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