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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 882 1994 Sept 7 20.24UT
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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PERIODIC COMET MACHHOLZ 2 (1994o)
Independent reports of a third diffuse object moving with the
same motion as comet 1994o have been received from Petr Pravec
(Ondrejov, 0.65-m reflector) and Wayne Johnson (Anza, CA, 0.56-m
reflector) on CCD images obtained Sept. 2.11 and 3.51 UT,
respectively. Pravec noted a 1'.0 coma with little condensation,
the third companion being located about 43" southwest of the second
object reported by Jaeger (IAUC 6066); Johnson noted this third
component as being about 1 mag fainter than the second.
IAUC 6070
P. Pravec, Ondrejov, reports his discovery of fourth and fifth
components to this comet on CCD images obtained with the 0.65-m
reflector on Sept. 4.1 UT. The fourth component -- also
independently reported by W. Johnson (Anza, CA), by T. Puckett,
J. Armstrong, and M. Marcus (Atlanta, GA), and by M. Jager (Vienna,
Austria) -- was then similar in brightness to the third component,
about a magnitude fainter than the second component sporting a 2'.0
coma with little condensation, and located some 320"
north-northeast of the primary component. The fifth fragment (also
evidently found by Jager on his films) was nearly 1 mag fainter
than the fourth component, consisted of a 1'-2' diffuse coma and
little or no condensation, and was located 307" north-northeast of
the second component.
IAUC 6071
V795 CYGNI
Patrick Schmeer, Germany e-mails that he has detected an outburst
of this eruptive variable and various observers have confirmed
the event:
1994 Aug 23.924UT, [15.4 Gary Poyner, Birmingham, UK. 0.40-m refl.
24.860UT, [13.7 Schmeer 0.20-m SC
26.929UT, 12.9 Schmeer
26.981UT, 13.4 Tonny Vanmunster, Belgium. 0.35-m refl.
27.500UT,V=12.8 Taichi Kato, Ouda, Japan. CCD. 0.60-m.
27.866UT, 12.8 Poyner
The last recorded outburst was on 1993 Nov 3 at mv=13.1.
Guy M Hurst