------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 867 1994 July 30 12.40UT 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- COMET NAKAMURA-NISHIMURA-MACHHOLZ (1994m) Improved orbital elements: T 1994 July 12.9020 TT w 123.00500 ) e 1.00000000 O 158.96000 ) 2000.0 q 1.1408800 A.U. i 94.38800 ) Source: MPC 23766 Positions are geocentric Updated ephemeris by G.Hurst using EPH.EXE by N.James: m = 8.0 + 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 July 30.00 2 24.56 +68 23.1 0.936 1.173 73.8 8.6 86 249 31.00 2 18.61 +68 9.8 0.915 1.177 75.0 8.5 91 248 1994 Aug 1.00 2 12.44 +67 55.0 0.894 1.181 76.2 8.5 97 246 2.00 2 6.04 +67 38.5 0.872 1.186 77.4 8.4 102 245 3.00 1 59.43 +67 20.1 0.851 1.190 78.7 8.4 109 243 4.00 1 52.58 +66 59.4 0.830 1.195 80.1 8.4 115 242 5.00 1 45.51 +66 36.4 0.809 1.199 81.4 8.3 123 240 6.00 1 38.23 +66 10.6 0.787 1.204 82.9 8.3 131 239 7.00 1 30.73 +65 41.8 0.766 1.210 84.4 8.2 139 237 8.00 1 23.04 +65 9.7 0.745 1.215 85.9 8.2 149 235 9.00 1 15.16 +64 33.8 0.724 1.221 87.6 8.2 159 234 10.00 1 7.11 +63 53.8 0.703 1.226 89.3 8.1 170 232 11.00 0 58.91 +63 9.2 0.682 1.232 91.1 8.1 182 230 12.00 0 50.58 +62 19.6 0.661 1.238 92.9 8.0 196 228 13.00 0 42.14 +61 24.3 0.641 1.244 94.9 8.0 210 226 14.00 0 33.63 +60 22.9 0.621 1.251 97.0 7.9 226 225 15.00 0 25.06 +59 14.7 0.601 1.257 99.1 7.9 243 223 16.00 0 16.48 +57 59.2 0.582 1.264 101.4 7.8 261 221 17.00 0 7.91 +56 35.7 0.563 1.271 103.8 7.8 281 219 18.00 23 59.37 +55 3.5 0.545 1.278 106.4 7.7 302 217 19.00 23 50.91 +53 21.9 0.527 1.285 109.1 7.7 325 215 20.00 23 42.54 +51 30.5 0.510 1.292 111.9 7.7 349 214 21.00 23 34.31 +49 28.5 0.494 1.300 114.9 7.6 375 212 22.00 23 26.22 +47 15.5 0.479 1.307 118.0 7.6 401 211 23.00 23 18.31 +44 51.0 0.465 1.315 121.3 7.5 428 209 24.00 23 10.59 +42 15.0 0.452 1.323 124.8 7.5 455 208 25.00 23 3.09 +39 27.4 0.441 1.330 128.4 7.5 482 206 26.00 22 55.81 +36 28.6 0.431 1.338 132.2 7.4 508 205 27.00 22 48.77 +33 19.3 0.422 1.347 136.0 7.4 531 204 28.00 22 41.97 +30 0.6 0.415 1.355 140.0 7.4 551 203 29.00 22 35.43 +26 34.0 0.410 1.363 143.9 7.4 567 202 30.00 22 29.15 +23 1.1 0.407 1.372 147.8 7.4 578 202 31.00 22 23.14 +19 24.3 0.406 1.380 151.6 7.4 584 201 AX PERSEI J.Pietz, Germany e-mails that the symbiotic binary AX Persei is fading: 1994 July 11.989UT, 11.3; 23.915, 11.8; 26.922, 12.1 Guy M Hurst --- 00045 --- Date: Sat, 30 Jul 1994 20:38:22 +0100 (BST)