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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1000      1995 Sep 24 09.16UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074
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E-CIRCULARS REACH 1000
With the issue of this electronic circular, The Astronomer has
now issued 1000 circulars via e-mail.
To mark this occasion we reproduce the very first circular issued
on 1987 Jan 24 below. It was sent to just two people, David Moore
in Ireland (who still subscribes) and a carbon copy to the editor.
The message was sent via the e-mail service then operated by
Telecom Gold. A simultaneous message was sent in the old paper
form on Early Warning Circular 88.
The circulation over that time has risen from 2 to 76 despite
the scepticism of many who then said e-mail would never become a
suitable medium for the majority to exchange notes on astronomy!
Hopefully the launch of this service eight years ago might have
been a bold step in 1987 but its present day success has justified
the decision.

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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1 1987 Jan 24  15.47UT.

COMET NISHIKAWA-TAKAMIZAWA-TAGO (1987c)
This comet was discovered independently by 4 observers as follows:
1987UT     R.A.(1950)Dec  m1 Observer
Jan 19.483 0 04.2  +06 52  9 Nishikawa
    20.399 0 03.5  +06 35  9 Takamizawa
    20.431 0 02.8  +06 28  9 Tago
    20.434 0 03.0  +06 28  9 Mitsuma
The first position has been remeasured (since our cable alert of
870121)by Kosai. The first discoverer is Noboru Nishikawa of
Minamata, Kumamoto and the instrument was 0.15-m refractor.
Elements by Marsden:
T=1987 Feb. 18.03 ET   Peri = 137.54
                       Node = 156.56
q=  1.0498 AU          Incl = 174.14
Ephemeris:
1987ET  RA (1950) Decl    Earth  Sun  Elong m1
Jan 25 23 56.09 + 4 51.76 1.293 1.123 56.7  8.0
    30 23 50.13 + 3 26.17 1.424 1.097 49.6  8.1
Feb  4 23 45.39 + 2 16.26 1.548 1.075 43.0  8.2
     9 23 41.48 + 1 17.46 1.663 1.060 36.6  8.3
    14 23 38.16 + 0 26.69 1.766 1.051 30.5  8.4
    19 23 35.26 - 0 18.16 1.858 1.049 24.4  8.5

Guy M Hurst
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THE ASTRONOMER, 1995 SEPTEMBER
The September issue of the magazine has unfortunately been delayed
due to the illness of the Production Manager, Mark Hurst who has
been down with the 'flu. We hope to despatch it tomorrow morning
(Sept 25) and apologise for this delay. We wish Mark a speedy
recovery.

Guy M Hurst